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Spring Valley Township covers an area of 47.2 square miles (122 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Baxter Springs. According to the USGS, it contains seven cemeteries: Baxter Springs, Beasley, Brush Creek, Crum, Dockery, Pleasant View and Usrey. The streams of Bitter Creek, Brush Creek and Willow Creek run through this township.
Baxter Springs is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, [1] and located along Spring River. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 3,888. [ 3 ]
A map of Kansas's U.S. Highways as laid out in 1926 US 166 is an original 1926 route and originally ran from South Haven to Baxter Springs, Kansas. In 1945, it was extended east through Joplin, Missouri , where it paralleled US 66 to Springfield .
Cherokee County is a U.S. county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Columbus , [ 2 ] and its most populous city is Baxter Springs . As of the 2020 census , the county population was 19,362. [ 1 ]
The first Cherokee County Courthouse was located at Pleasant View, Kansas (1855-1868) and the second county courthouse was located at Baxter Springs (1867-1868). The city of Baxter Springs erected a building in 1872 to be used as a courthouse, but it never served that purpose. It is still standing and named Johnson Library.
During the Baxter Springs incident, Eli Crawford killed the mother of his child. His daughter was shot by a sniper, and Crawford took his own life. A lawsuit resulted in a $1.5 million settlement.
Soda fountain on Main Street in Baxter Springs named for Route 66. Coming from the west, US 66 entered Kansas from Oklahoma, concurrent with US-69 Alternate, also called Military Avenue. [6] From the state line, the highway ran north through Baxter Springs. At the intersection of US-66 with West 30th Street, the highway originally traveled east ...
US-69 Alt. and HR-66 head ENE through the towns of Quapaw and Baxter Springs, Kansas. North of Baxter Springs, US 400 joins the concurrency. West of Riverton, HR-66 heads east along K-66, while US-69 Alt. and US 400 head north. North of Crestline, US-69 Alt. and US 400 meet US 69 and US 160 from the west. US-69 Alt. terminates as US 69 and US ...