Cherokee County, Iowa

Founding: 1858 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: The Cherokee people
Seat: Cherokee (1858–)
Land area: 577 square miles
Population (2020): 11,658
Population (historic): 58 (1860); 8,240 (1880); 16,570 (1900); 18,737 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1860–1940
Subdivisions: Eight cities; 16 townships
National Register listings: 12
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,311 (40.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 56.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 0.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,187
Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,734
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,844
Average farm size (1920): 166.4 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Illinois, Germany, Wisconsin, and Sweden
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Cherokee

 
Namesake: The Cherokee people
Founding: 1857 (platting); 1859 (post office); 1870 (replatting); 1873 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 5,199
Population (historic): 438 (1870); 3,441 (1890); 4,884 (1910); 6,443 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1870–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 890 (38.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Robert Lewis House (1879). 103 Sequoia Drive. Cherokee. Gothic Revival.
2. Elijah Crom Farm (c. 1900). 6458 B Road. Grand Meadow. Eastlake.