Cherokee

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Cherokee

Total population

99

Median home value

$0

40.4%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$70,815

Cherokee$71k

National$74k

Elevation398 m

Land area4.98 km²

Weather89°F · Sunny

Coordinates39.65°, -121.53°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Cherokee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Butte County, California, United States. It is an area inhabited by Maidu Indians prior to the gold rush, but takes its name from a band of Cherokee prospectors who perfected a mining claim on the site. The population was 88 at the 2020 census. It lies at an elevation of 1306 feet.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Cherokee, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Marie Russak

American architect (1865–1945)

J

Joseph Ashton

American actor born 1986

Cintra Wilson

American writer, performer and cultural critic

F

Fred J. Dodge

American deputy sheriff (1854-1907)

Arthur R. Wilson

American general (1894-1956)

E

Eva Fargo

J

Joel Spoonheim

American politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in California

• Butte Valley
  6.1 mi away
• Paradise
  8.1 mi away
• Oroville
  10.8 mi away · pop. 20,042
• Oroville East
  11.2 mi away
• Butte Creek Canyon
  11.3 mi away
• Durham
  13.8 mi away · pop. 5,340
• Palermo
  15.2 mi away
• Forbestown
  16.6 mi away · pop. 90
• Nord
  23.9 mi away
• Live Oak
  26.6 mi away · pop. 9,347
• North San Juan
  29.9 mi away
• Little Grass Valley
  31 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cherokee

Ties That Bind

Tiya Miles · 2005

Cherokee Trail diaries

Patricia A. Fletcher · 1999

Road to Cherokee

Mary Ray King · 2016

Reminiscences of a Ranger

Horace Bell · 1881

Cherokee dance and drama

Frank G. Speck · 1951

Cherokee papers from UCLA

Pamela Munro · 1996

Longtime Richmond Resident from Cherokee County, Texas

Judith Dunning · 1992

Blood Politics

Circe Dawn Sturm · 2002

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Bug, Lassen, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-08 · 80 mi
• Wildfire FLORISTON, Nevada, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-16 · 82 mi
• Wildfire LUCAS, Lake, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-10 · 84 mi
• Wildfire LUCAS, Lake, California
  Wildfires · 2026-09-10 · 84 mi
• Wildfire Hawk, Washoe, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 85 mi
• Wildfire Hawk, Washoe, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-22 · 85 mi
• Wildfire Fred Mt, Washoe, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 90 mi
• Wildfire FELIZ, Mendocino, California
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 98 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Banded Garden Spider

Argiope trifasciata

Seen 2026-10-01

interior live oak

Quercus wislizeni

Seen 2026-09-29

Gray Buckeye

Junonia grisea

Seen 2026-09-28

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Seen 2026-09-27

Acmon Blue

Icaricia acmon

Seen 2026-09-27

Western Fence Lizard

Sceloporus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-26

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Seen 2026-09-24

Leafhopper Assassin Bug

Zelus renardii

Seen 2026-09-22

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-01 16:00 UTC.