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Welcome to Sherman ...

Although we found mention of Sherman during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Sherman had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

We've added Sherman to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sherman, please Contact Us.


The location of Sherman has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Sherman, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Sherman: Named for William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), a General serving with the Union Amry during the American Civil War.

Sherman is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Sherman might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Sherman would be found within the (620) area code.

Communities Also Named Sherman ...

While we believe that this Sherman is located in Cherokee County, we know of another 8 Kansas communities named Sherman. Those communities are located in the following counties: Allen, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Nemaha, Reno, Sedgwick and Wilson County.

Beyond Kansas, there are 46 communities that are also named Sherman - they are located in Alabama (2), Alaska, California, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kentucky, Maine (2), Michigan (2), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sherman.

Communities near Sherman ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sherman.

  • Parsons
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Columbus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oswego
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Altamont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Chetopa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Cherokee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Weir
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weir have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weir
    • Weir is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Saint Paul
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
    • Saint Paul is located in Neosho County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Paul <4>
  • Scammon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • McCune
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sherman. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sherman.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sherman. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sherman.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherman. See our Newspapers Page for Sherman.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sherman ...

Looking for more information about Sherman? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sherman, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sherman.

Adding Sherman to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sherman in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sherman was on a map titled Map of Kansas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sherman.

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Sherman and then turned east". While Sherman could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Sherman as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sherman could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sherman - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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