Cherokee County, Oklahoma Basics:


Cherokee County Oklahoma - Government Site

Population: 48,049
Area: 749 square miles
County seat: Tahlequah
Area code(s) in use: 918
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 24.6%
Median household income: $35,182
Persons in poverty: 24.4%
Home ownership rate: 65.9%
Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Adair  Delaware  Mayes  Muskogee  Sequoyah  Wagoner  

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Our detail map of Cherokee County shows the Cherokee County, Oklahoma boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Cherokee County, Oklahoma

  Airports     show all on map

Flying J Ranch Airport, John Reid Airport, Sequoyah Park Airport, Snake Creek Wilderness Airport, Tahlequah Municipal Airport, Tenkiller Lake Airpark

  Bridges     show all on map

Combs Bridge

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Cherokee Nation Ambulance, Chicken Creek Fire Department, Cookson Volunteer Fire Department, Gideon Volunteer Fire Department Station 1, Gideon Volunteer Fire Department Station 2, Hulbert Fire Department, Illinois River Association Fire Station, Illinois River Fire Department, Keys Fire Department Station 1, Keys Fire Department Station 2, Lowrey Volunteer Fire Department Station 1, Lowrey Volunteer Fire Department Station 2, Lowrey Volunteer Fire Department Station 3, Norwood Fire Department Station 1, Norwood Fire Department Station 2, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Forestry Northeast Area, Old Cherokee Nation Capitol Building, Peggs Volunteer Fire Department, Sparrow Hawk Fire Department Station 1, Sparrow Hawk Village Fire Department Station 2, Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Department Station 1, Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Department Station 2, Tahlequah Fire Department, Welling Tri - Community Fire Department Station 1, Welling Tri - Community Fire Department Station 2, Welling Tri - Community Fire Department Station 3, Woodall Fire Department Station 1, Woodall Fire Department Station 2

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Agent Cemetery, Andersons Cemetery, Barber Cemetery, Batt Cemetery, Blue Springs Cemetery, Caney Cemetery, Cedar Tree Cemetery, Chambers Cemetery, Cobb Family Cemetery, Cookson Cemetery, Crittenden Cemetery, Double Springs Cemetery, Downing Cemetery, Eureka Cemetery, Grandview Cemetery, Gray Cemetery, Greenleaf Cemetery, Hare Cemetery, Hendricks Cemetery, Hinson Cemetery, Holland Cemetery, Houston Cemetery, Houston Cemetery, Hulbert Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Keener Cemetery, Linder Cemetery, Lost City Cemetery, Lower Ray Cemetery, Lowrey Cemetery, Manus Cemetery, Miller Cemetery, Molly Field Cemetery, Moodys Cemetery, Mount Zion Cemetery, New Home Cemetery, New Hope Cemetery, Park Hill Cemetery, Park Hill Mission Cemetery, Parris Cemetery, Peggs Cemetery, Pettit Cemetery, Philipps Cemetery, Price Cemetery, Pumpkin Center Cemetery, Ray Cemetery, Ross Cemetery, Sellers Cemetery, Shirley Cemetery, Steeley Cemetery, Swimmer Baptist Cemetery, Tahlequah Cemetery, Teresita Cemetery, Thompson Cemetery, White Oak Cemetery

  Census     show all on map

Briggs Census Designated Place, Dry Creek Census Designated Place, Eldon Census Designated Place, Gideon Census Designated Place, Grandview Census Designated Place, Keys Census Designated Place, Lost City Census Designated Place, Park Hill Census Designated Place, Peggs Census Designated Place, Pettit Census Designated Place, Scraper Census Designated Place, Shady Grove Census Designated Place, Steely Hollow Census Designated Place, Tenkiller Census Designated Place, Teresita Census Designated Place, Welling Census Designated Place, Woodall Census Designated Place, Zeb Census Designated Place

  Churches     show all on map

Assembly Church, Barber Church, Batt Church, Blue Springs Church, Boudinot Church, Calvary Assembly of God, Calvary Indian Baptist Church, Carter Church, Cave Springs Church, Central Church of Christ, Cherokee Home Mission, Cherokee Indian Baptist Association Church, Church of Christ South College, Church of Christ Student Center, Church of the Nazarene, Clear Creek Church, Cookson Baptist Church, Cookson Hills Center, Cornerstone Fellowship, Crescent Valley Church, Double Spring Church, Etta Church, Faith Baptist Church, Faith Chapel, First Assembly of God, First Baptist Church, First Christian Church, First Evangelical Free Church, First Lutheran Church, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church, Free Will Baptist Worship Center, Grace Baptist Church, Grace Chapel, Greenleaf Church, Independent Church, Indian Home Church, Johnson Prairie Church, Keener Church, Keys Mission Church, Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses, Landmark Missionary Baptist Church, Light of Christ Community Church, Long Spring Church, Maple Street Pentecostal Church, Masena Holiness Church, Melvin Church, Molly Field Church, Mount Zion Church, New Home Church, New Hope Church, New Mission Church, Northeastern Christian Church, Norwood Lakeview Church, Oakdale Church, Old Country Baptist Church, Olive Church, Park Hill Baptist Church, Parris Church, Peggs Pentecostal Church, Pentecostal Holiness Church, Philadelphia Bible Academy, Ray Mission, Rockyford Church, Saint Basils Episcopal Church, Saint Brigid Catholic Church, Southside Baptist Church, Steely Springs Church, Swimmer Church, Tahlequah Bible Church, Tahlequah Christian Outreach, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Unitarian Universalist Church, Wesley Foundation United Methodist Church, World of Life Fellowship Church

  Cliffs     show all on map

Alum Bluff, Boy Scout Bluff, Cedar Bluff, Cookson Bluff, Eagle Bluff, Eagles Bluff, Hanging Rock, Pine Bluff, Point of the Pines, Slate Bluff (historical), Turkey Bluff

  Dams     show all on map

Fort Gibson Dam, Fourteen Mile Creek Site 1 Dam, Fourteen Mile Creek Site 2 Dam, Fourteen Mile Creek Site 2 Dam, Oknoname 021001 Dam, Rogers Pond Dam

  Falls     show all on map

McFadden Falls

  Flats     show all on map

Hopper Flat, Johnsons Prairie, Lucy Albirdie Flat, Peggs Prairie, Pumpkin Flats, Wild Horse Prairie

  Hospitals     show all on map

Tahlequah City Hospital, W W Hastings Indian Hospital, W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital (historical)

  Islands     show all on map

Chicken Creek Island

  Lakes     show all on map

Wolf Lake

  Locales     show all on map

Berch Hole, Box Shopping Center, Camp Darby, Camp Egan, Cherokee Hills Shopping Center, Gabriel (historical), Go Ye Mission Campground, Heart-Of-Hills Camp, Indian Campground, Lutherhoma Camp, McBride (historical), Park Hill Station (historical), Rocky Ford, Turner Ford Camp, Wal-Mart Shopping Center, Western Hill Lodge

  Parks     show all on map

Ballew Ridge Public Use Area, Blackgum Landing Public Use Area, Burnt Cabin Ridge State Park, Canyon Road Public Use Area, Carlisle Cove Public Use Area, Carlisle Inlet Public Use Area, Carters Landing Public Use Area, Cherokee Landing State Park, Cherokee State Game Refuge, Chicken Creek Point Public Use Area, Cookson Bend Public Use Area, Cookson Bluff Public Use Area, Cookson Hills State Game Refuge, Dam Site Public Use Area, Echota Public Use Area, Elk Creek Landing Public Use Area, Etta Bend Public Use Area, Fort Gibson Wildlife Management Area, Horseshoe Bend Public Use Area, Hulbert Landing Public Use Area, Joliff Inlet Public Use Area, Murrell Home Park, No Head Hollow Public Use Area, Peavine Hollow Public Access Area, Pettit Bay Public Use Area, Rocky Ford State Park, Round Hollow Public Access Area, Sequoyah Park, Sisemore Landing Public Use Area, Sixshooter Camp Public Use Area, Snake Creek Cove Public Use Area, Standing Rock Landing Public Use Area, Strayhorn Landing Public Use Area, Tenkiller Wildlife Managment Area, Wildwood Public Use Area

  Populated Places     show all on map

Barber, Briggs, Caney Ridge, Carters Landing, Cave Springs (historical), Chronister (historical), Cookson, Dry Creek, Eldon, Eli, Ellerville, Eureka (historical), Gabriel, Gideon, Green Country Estates, Greenleaf (historical), Hulbert, Indian Meadows, Keys, Liberty, Lost City, Lowrey, Luckey (historical), Manard, Metory, Moodys, New Spring Place (historical), Ozark (historical), Park Hill, Peggs, Pettit, Pettit Bay, Qualls, Robbins (historical), Scraper, Shady Grove, Tahlequah, Tailholt, Tenkiller, Teresita, Thompson Corner, Tsa La Gi Indian Village, Welling, White Oak, Wildcat Point, Woodall, Zeb

  Post Offices     show all on map

Ahniwake Post Office (historical), Barber Post Office (historical), Becks Creek Post Office (historical), Boudinot Post Office (historical), Box Post Office (historical), Buckner Post Office (historical), Carson Post Office (historical), Cherokee Agency Post Office (historical), Cherokee Orphan Asylum Post Office (historical), Chronister Post Office (historical), Clay Post Office (historical), Cobb Hill Post Office (historical), Cochran Post Office (historical), Cookson Post Office, Crane Post Office (historical), Crittenden Post Office (historical), Curtice Post Office (historical), Curtis Post Office (historical), Daniels Springs Post Office (historical), Danielsville Post Office (historical), Downing Post Office (historical), Eh-yoh-hee Post Office (historical), Eldon Post Office (historical), Eli Post Office (historical), Ellerville Post Office (historical), Etta Post Office (historical), Fields Post Office (historical), Ford Post Office (historical), Gabriel Post Office (historical), Garfield Post Office (historical), Gerard Post Office (historical), Gideon Post Office (historical), Gragger Post Office (historical), Greenleaf Post Office (historical), Hadley Post Office (historical), Hulbert Post Office, Kee-too-wah Post Office (historical), Lackey Post Office (historical), Lenark Falls Post Office (historical), Little Verdigirs Post Office (historical), Lovette Post Office (historical), Lowery Post Office (historical), Lowrey Post Office (historical), Luckey Post Office (historical), Manard Post Office (historical), McBride Post Office (historical), Melvin Post Office (historical), Metory Post Office (historical), Moodys Post Office, Ner-noh-tah-he Post Office (historical), Oochalater Post Office (historical), Ozark Post Office (historical), Park Hill Post Office (historical), Peggs Post Office, Pettit Post Office (historical), Pitts Post Office (historical), Pleasant Point Post Office (historical), Pliny Post Office (historical), Qualls Post Office (historical), Ray Post Office (historical), Reaves Post Office (historical), Red Hill Post Office (historical), Robbins Post Office (historical), Scraper Post Office (historical), Sleeper Post Office (historical), Spears Post Office (historical), Sycamore Post Office (historical), Tahlequah Post Office, Talley Post Office (historical), Tanooyah Post Office (historical), Teresita Post Office (historical), Tul-lah-te-ke Post Office (historical), Tuscania Post Office (historical), Welling Post Office, Whitmire Post Office (historical), Yonkers Post Office (historical), Zeb Post Office (historical)

  Ranges     show all on map

Ranger Hills

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Fitzgerald-Soldier Creek Site 1 Reservoir, Fourteen Mile Creek Site 1 Reservoir, Fourteen Mile Creek Site 2 Reservoir, Fourteen Mile Creek Site 2 Reservoir, Oknoname 021001 Reservoir, Rogers Pond, Rogers Pond, Tenkiller Lake

  Ridges     show all on map

Ballew Ridge, Bynum Ridge, Flint Ridge

  Schools     show all on map

Adair School (historical), Bald Hill School (historical), Barnett School (historical), Blackgum School (historical), Boudinot School (historical), Briggs Elementary School, Briggs School (historical), Buckhorn School (historical), Caney School (historical), Carter School (historical), Central Independent School, Cherokee Elementary School, Chormerly School (historical), Clear Creek School (historical), Combs School (historical), Cookson School (historical), Double Springs School (historical), Downing School (historical), Elm Grove School (historical), Etta School, Eureka School (historical), Fairview School (historical), Gideon School, Grand View Elementary School, Grandview School, Greenleaf School (historical), Greenwood Elementary School, Hastings School (historical), Hinton School (historical), Hulbert City School (historical), Hulbert Elementary School, Hulbert Junior High School, Hulbert Senior High School, Hungry Mountain School (historical), Indian Capital Technology Center Tahlequah, Keys Elementary School, Keys High School, Keys School (historical), Lane School (historical), Liberty School (historical), Loeser School (historical), Lost City Elementary School, Lost City School (historical), Lowrey Elementary School, Luckey School (historical), Manard School (historical), Markoma Bible Academy, Masena School (historical), McCarter School (historical), Meigs School (historical), Moodys School (historical), Moren Chapel School (historical), Mount Zion School (historical), Mountain View School (historical), Needmore School (historical), New Home School (historical), North Ray School (historical), Northeastern State University, Norwood Elementary School, Oakdale School (historical), Oil Springs School (historical), Owen School (historical), Park Hill Mission (historical), Park Hill School (historical), Peggs Elementary School, Peggs School (historical), Pettit School (historical), Pheasant Hill School (historical), Pigeon School (historical), Prairie School (historical), Pumpkin Center School (historical), Rocky Ford School (historical), Rockyford School, Ryder School (historical), Scraper School (historical), Seller School (historical), Sequoyah Elementary School, Sequoyah High School, Sequoyah Orphan Training School (historical), Shady Grove Elementary School, Shiloh Christian School, Shiloh School (historical), Slate Bluff School (historical), South Ray School (historical), Stone Chapel School, Strader School (historical), Sycamore School (historical), Tahlequah High School, Tahlequah Middle School, Talequah Career Academy High School, Tenkiller Elementary School, Teresit School (historical), Union School (historical), Union Valley School (historical), Victory Chapel School (historical), Welling School (historical), White Oak School (historical), William C Bagley School (historical), Willis School (historical), Wolf Springs School (historical), Woodall Elementary School, Woodall Mission (historical), Woodall School (historical), Yellow Hammer School (historical)

  Springs     show all on map

Black Fox Springs, Black Valley Spring, Blue Spring, Cave Spring, Cave Springs, Ketcher Spring, Keys Spring, Kirk Springs, Lost Spring, Luck Spring, Metory Spring, Oil Springs, Petitt Spring, Pumpkin Spring, Seminary Spring, Steely Springs, White Man Spring, Wolf Springs, Woodall Spring

  Streams     show all on map

Baron Fork, Black Bird Creek, Black Fox Creek, Blackbird Creek, Bobtail Creek, Bryant Creek, Burnt Cabin Creek, Caney Creek, Chicken Creek, Clear Creek, Dogwood Creek, Double Spring Creek, Double Spring Creek, Dry Creek, Eagle Nest Creek, East Spaniard Creek, Elk Creek, Eureka Spring Branch, Falls Branch, Fire Branch, Fite Creek, Flower Creek, Fourteen Mile Creek, Fourteenmile Creek, Goodman Branch, Grand River, Gulager Spring Branch, Gum Creek, Hare Branch, Linder Bend Creek, Little Spring Creek, McFadden Falls Creek, Mill Creek, Mollie Fields Creek, Park Hill Branch, Parkhill Creek, Pecan Creek, Pettit Creek, Ranger Creek, Rattlesnake Branch, Ross Branch, Salt Branch, Sisemore Creek, Sixshooter Branch, Snake Creek, Spaniard Creek, Tahlequah Creek, Terrapin Creek, Thompson Branch Creek, Water Fall Hollow Creek, West Spaniard Creek, White Oak Branch, Willow Branch Creek

  Summits     show all on map

Bald Hill, Bald Hill, Bald Knob, Beaver Mountain, Biscuit Hill, Blackberry Hill, Blair Mountain, Blaylock Mountain, Bob Warren Mountain, Brown Mountain, Brushy Hill, Buckhorn Mountain, Bullet Hill, Butler Hill, Cactus Hill, Canoe Mountain, Chucalate Hill, Cookson Hills, Crossland Hill, Eldon Hill, Eldon Mountain, Fire Tower Hill, Fourteen Mile Hills, Gordon Mountain, Grapevine Mountain, Griffin Mountain, Hawkins Mountain, Hicks Hill, Hungry Mountain, Johnny Iron Hill, Keener Knob, King Mountain, Kolpin Mountain, Levi Mountain, Limestone Hill, Limestone Hill, Lovers leap, Mahaney Mountain, Manard Mountain, Morrison Mountain, Negro Hill, Norwood Mountain, Nubbin Ridge, Ogles Mountain, Owl Mountain, Pack Mountain, Park Hill Mountain, Peckerwood Hill, Pettit Mountain, Pheasant Hill, Proctor Mountain, Red Berry Mountain, Red Springs Mountain, Rider Mountain, Round Top Mountain, Runnels Mountain, Sellers Mountain, Short Mountain, Short Mountain, Sparrow Hawk Mountain, Spurlop Mountain, Stick Ross Mountain, Sugar Mountain, Sugar Mountain, Thompson Mountain, Waford Mountain, Wildhorse Mountain

  Towers     show all on map

Beaver Lookout Tower, KEOK-FM (Tahlequah), KTLQ-AM (Tahlequah)

  Valleys     show all on map

Abidoe Hollow, Big Hollow, Black Fox Hollow, Blacksmith Hollow, Bolin Hollow, Boughtman Hollow, Buzzard Hollow, Buzzard Roost Hollow, Cedar Hollow, Cedar Hollow, Cockrum Hollow, Cockrun Hollow, Cook Hollow, Cross Hollow, Deadman Hollow, Dog Hollow, Dripping Spring Hollow, Dripping Spring Hollow, Dry Hollow, Eureka Valley, Gibson Hollow, Hastings Hollow, Hinton Hollow, Iron Spring Hollow, Jim Brown Hollow, Kingfisher Hollow, Kirk Springs Hollow, Limestone Hollow, Mail Hollow, Manes Hollow, McGee Hollow, Mining Camp Hollow, Minning Camp Hollow, Molly Field Hollow, Money Bean Hollow, Negro Jake Hollow, Nichols Hollow, Peavine Hollow, Pine Hollow, Pipe Springs Hollow, Pumpkin Hollow, River Bend Hollow, Ross Hollow, Sawmill Hollow, Sawmill Hollow, Starr Hollow (historical), Steely Hollow, Sugar Hollow, Telamay Hollow, Tully Hollow, Walkingstick Hollow, Winset Hollow, Wolf Hollow, Wooded Hollow, Yokum Hollow,

Cherokee County, Oklahoma Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteCherokee County White population 26,09126,090  
American IndianCherokee County American Indian population 16,48116,480
MixedCherokee County Mixed population 4,4694,468
BlackCherokee County Black population 673672
AsianCherokee County Asian population 336336
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderCherokee County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 4848

Additional population tables :
State population table
Oklahoma population by county