Place:Cherokee, Alabama, United States

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NameCherokee
Alt namesCherokeesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates34.183°N 85.45°W
Located inAlabama, United States     (1836 - )
See alsoEtowah, Alabama, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
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Adams Crossroads
Alexis
Alpine Shores
Anderson
Antioch
Aubrey Isle
Ball Flat
Bay Springs
Berry Springs
Big Nose Creek
Billy Goat Hill
Blanche
Blue Pond
Bluffton
Bomar
Bristow
Broomtown
Burgess
Burkhalter
Cedar Bluff
Centre
Chesterfield
Coloma
Congo
Coosa River
Cornwall Furnace
Cornwall
Dewey
Dixon Shop
Ellisville
Elrath
Estes Crossroads
Exie
Farill
Ferguson
Five Points
Forney
Frog Mountain
Fullerton
Gaylesville
Gnatville
Grassland
Grover
Hall Valley
Hopewell
Howells Crossroads
Hurley
Jamestown
Key
Kirks Grove
Lawrence
Leesburg
Leonard
Little River
Lookout Valley Acres
Loop
Mackey
Maple Grove
McCord Crossroads
McElrath
McFrey Crossroads
McGhee
McWorther
Moshat
Mountain Acres
New Moon
Newberry Cove
Newberry Crossroads
Noah
Oceola
Old Coloma
Pathkiller Cove
Pine Grove
Piney
Plano
Pleasant Gap
Pope
Richardson
Ringgold
Roberts
Rock Run
Round Mountain
Sand Rock
Sandy Springs
Sanford Springs
Sewell
Shangrila
Slackland
Spring Garden
Taft
Tecumseh Furnace
Tecumseh
Tennala
Tucker Crossroads
Waterhouse
Waterloo Springs
Watson
Weiss Dam
Whorton
Yellow Creek Falls
Yellow Creek View
Unknown
Pollard Bend
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Cherokee County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named for the Cherokee tribe. As of the 2010 census the population was 25,989. Its county seat is Centre and it is a prohibition or dry county.

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History

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Cherokee County was established by European Americans on January 9, 1836. The county was created on territory of the Cherokee Nation in the nineteenth century, which had encompassed an area of the southern Appalachians, including northeastern Alabama and parts of adjacent present-day Georgia, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina. The Cherokee were forceably removed by the US government in what was known as the Trail of Tears in 1838. Cherokee County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1836 January 9 following the Treaty of New Echota, 1835 December 29 which was never accepted by the elected tribal leadership or a majority of the Cherokee people because it was signed by a group lacking the authority to sign any documents on behalf of the tribe and despite a tribal law forbidding anyone to sign such a treaty, see Treaty of New Echota.

An F4 tornado struck here on Palm Sunday March 27, 1994. It destroyed Goshen United Methodist Church twelve minutes after the National Weather Service of Birmingham issued a tornado warning for northern Calhoun, southeastern Etowah, and southern Cherokee counties.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1836 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1882 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1882 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1892 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1899 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 8,773
1850 13,884
1860 18,360
1870 11,132
1880 19,108
1890 20,459
1900 21,096
1910 20,226
1920 20,862
1930 20,219
1940 19,928
1950 17,634
1960 16,303
1970 15,606
1980 18,760
1990 19,543
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