CHERRYVALE

cherryvale, a city of montgomery county, kansas, u.s.a., about 140 m. s.s.e. of kansas city. pop. (1890) 2104; (1900) 3472, including 180 negroes; (1905, state census) 5089; (1910) 4304. it is served by the atchison, topeka & santa fe, and the main line and a branch (of which it is a terminus) of the st louis & san francisco railways. it is in a farming district and in the kansas natural-gas and oil-field, and has large zinc smelters, an oil refinery, and various manufactures, including vitrified brick, flour, glass, cement and ploughs. cherryvale was laid out in 1871 by the kansas city, lawrence & south kansas railway company (later absorbed by the atchison, topeka & santa fe). the main part of the town was destroyed by fire in 1873, but was soon rebuilt, and in 1880 cherryvale became a city of the third and afterwards of the second class. natural gas, which is used as a factory fuel and for street and domestic lighting, was found here in 1889, and oil several years later.