GALENA, a city of Cherokee county, Kansas, U.S.A., in the south-eastern corner of the State, on Short creek, near Spring river. It is on Federal highway 73E, and is served by the Frisco and the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railways. The population in 1930 Federal census was 4,736. It is in the midst of lead and zinc deposits which were discovered in 1877. The city has stamping and smelting works and concentration plants. After the discovery of the minerals, rival companies founded Galena, south of the creek, and Empire city, north of it. Galena was in corporated in 1877. Its population reached 10,155 in 1900, and in 1907 Empire city was annexed to it. The workings here have reached a considerable depth, and in recent years many workers have moved to the newer mines at Picher, Okla., 15m. S.W.