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Cherokee County
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county in Oklahoma, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oklahoma
- Named after
- Cherokee Nation
- Seat
- Tahlequah
- Largest city
- Tahlequah
- Total
- 776 sq mi (2,010 km )
- Land
- 749 sq mi (1,940 km )
- Water
- 27 sq mi (70 km ) 3.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 49,196
- Density
- 62.9/sq mi (24.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- https://cherokee.okcounties.org/about
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Cherokee Nation
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oklahoma
- Contains
- Tahlequah
- Capital
- Tahlequah
- Population
- 47078
- Area
- 2011
- Shares border with
- Sequoyah County
- Image
- Cherokee National Capitol.jpg
- Households
- 17364
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- Commons category
- Cherokee County, Oklahoma
- topic's main category
- Category:Cherokee County, Oklahoma
- inception
- 1907-00-00
- different from
- Cherokee County
- water as percent of area
- 3.5
- native label
- Cherokee County
- per capita income
- 22617
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,078. Its county seat is Tahlequah, which is also the capital of the Cherokee Nation.
Cherokee County comprises the Tahlequah, OK micropolitan statistical area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cherokee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.