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Cherokee County
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county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Named after
- Cherokee Indians
- Seat
- Gaffney
- Largest community
- Gaffney
- Total
- 397.47 sq mi (1,029.4 km )
- Land
- 392.96 sq mi (1,017.8 km )
- Water
- 4.51 sq mi (11.7 km ) 1.13%
- Estimate 2025
- 58,275
- Density
- 143.06/sq mi (55.235/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- cherokeecountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Gaffney
- Capital
- Gaffney
- Population
- 56216
- Area
- 1029
- Shares border with
- Union County
- Official website
- www.cherokeecountysc.com
- Image
- Limestone College.png
- Households
- 20779
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cherokee County, South Carolina
- Commons category
- Cherokee County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1897-00-00
- different from
- Cherokee County
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Cherokee County
- per capita income
- 21636
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cherokee County, South Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Cherokee County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,216. The county seat is Gaffney. The county was formed in 1897 from parts of York, Union, and Spartanburg counties. It was named for the Cherokee people who historically occupied this area prior to European encounter. Cherokee County comprises the Gaffney, SC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cherokee County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.