Cherokee

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Cherokee

Total population

1,509

Median home value

$96,600

30.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$58,860

Cherokee$59k

National$74k

Weather65°F · Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Coordinates36.75°, -98.36°

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

Overview

Cherokee is the largest city within, and county seat of, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,476 at the 2020 census, a decline of 1.5 percent from 2010.

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, OK from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

G. William Oakley

American actor and director (1937-2010)

H

Harold Keith

American children's writer (1903–1998)

Judith Hand

American writer

B

Beryl Clark

American football player (1917-2000)

E

Earl Crowder

American football player

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

Nearby places in Oklahoma

• Lambert
  5.9 mi away · pop. 4
• Burlington
  11 mi away · pop. 138
• Nescatunga
  11.2 mi away
• Capron
  15.8 mi away
• Alva
  17.2 mi away · pop. 4,982
• Nash
  17.9 mi away · pop. 218
• Hillsdale
  24 mi away · pop. 89
• Avard
  24.2 mi away · pop. 18
• Wakita
  25.6 mi away
• Lahoma
  29.1 mi away · pop. 485
• Waynoka
  31.1 mi away
• Pond Creek
  31.3 mi away

Browse all places in Oklahoma →

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

Laws, etc. (Constitution and laws of the Cherokee Nation : 1892)

Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma. · 1852

Summary of soil and water conservation and management research at the Wheatland Conservation Experiment Station, Cherokee, Oklahoma, 1953

Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station · 1953

Laws and joint resolutions of the National Council

Cherokee Nation. · 1871

Laws, etc. (Compiled statutes : 1881)

Cherokee Nation. · 1881

The Cherokee Strip

Marquis James · 1945

Cherokees

Marion Louise Israel · 1961

The 1890 Cherokee Nation census, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

Barbara L. Benge · 2002

Friends of thunder

Jack Frederick Kilpatrick · 1964

Search results from Open Library.