CHERRYVALE, a city of Montgomery county, in south eastern Kansas, U.S.A., served by the Frisco, the Santa Fe and the Union Traction (electric) railways. The population in 193o Federal census was 4,251. It is surrounded by rich farmland, lying over deposits of gas and oil. Its industries include a zinc smelter, a large flour-mill, an oil refinery and two large brick plants. The city was laid out in 1871 by a railway company later absorbed in the Santa Fe system. Natural gas was discovered in 1889, and oil a few years later.