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Cherry’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Cherry. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Cherry Township is a township in Montgomery County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 462. It completely surrounds the city of Cherryvale, although the city is independent of the township.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 504 to 462 (-8%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cherry yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cherry’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Cherry

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Louise BrooksLouise BrooksCherryvale · 4 miWilliam IngeWilliam IngeIndependence · 10 miZaSu PittsZaSu PittsParsons · 17 miVivian VanceVivian VanceCherryvale · 4 miGerry BammanGerry BammanIndependence · 10 miBuck ClaytonBuck ClaytonParsons · 17 mi
By decade

Cherry, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Cherry is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cherry has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library in Cherryvale, 3.8 miles away.

Cherry and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Cherry. Tap a dot.
Cherryvale Carnegie Free LibraryNorman No. 1 Oil Well SiteDewlen-Spohnhauer BridgeDorothy DeLay HouseUS Post Office-NeodeshaBrown Hotel

Closest to Cherry

Cherryvale Carnegie Free LibraryCherryvale · Built 19133.8miNorman No. 1 Oil Well SiteNewark · Site7.2miDewlen-Spohnhauer BridgeDrum Creek · Built 19289miDorothy DeLay HouseNeodesha · Building9miUS Post Office-NeodeshaNeodesha · Building9.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Cherryvale Carnegie Free Library’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cherry?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cherry’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Cherryvale📜 West Cherry📜 Osage📜 Drum Creek
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