Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County
	Cherokee County, Oklahoma
	Map
	Map of Oklahoma highlighting Cherokee County; Location in the state of Oklahoma
	Map of the USA highlighting Oklahoma; Oklahoma's location in the U.S.
	Statistics
Founded	1907
Seat	Tahlequah
Largest City	Tahlequah
Area; - Total; - Land; - Water	; 776 sq mi (2,010 km²); 749 sq mi (1,940 km²); 27 sq mi (70 km²), 3.5%
Population; - Density	; ; auto/sq mi (Expression error: Unrecognized word "auto"./km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
	Named for: Cherokee Nation

Cherokee County is a county in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2020, the population was 47,078.^[1] Its capital city is Tahlequah.

Geography

The county has a total area of 776 square miles.

The following sites in Cherokee County are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

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Cherokee stop sign with Cherokee language transliteration and the Cherokee syllabary in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, with "alehwisdiha" (also spelled "halehwisda") meaning "stop"
Cwy no parking.jpg

Cherokee traffic sign in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, reading "tla adi yigi", meaning "no parking" from "tla" meaning "no"
USA Cherokee County, Oklahoma age pyramid.svg

Age pyramid for Cherokee County, Oklahoma, based on census 2000 data.
Seminary Hall.jpg

Tahlequah is home to Northeastern State University.

Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Map
Map of Oklahoma highlighting Cherokee County Location in the state of Oklahoma
Map of the USA highlighting Oklahoma Oklahoma's location in the U.S.
Statistics
Founded	1907
Seat	Tahlequah
Largest City	Tahlequah
Area - Total - Land - Water	776 sq mi (2,010 km²) 749 sq mi (1,940 km²) 27 sq mi (70 km²), 3.5%
Population - Density	auto/sq mi (Expression error: Unrecognized word "auto"./km²)
Time zone	Central: UTC-6/-5
Named for: Cherokee Nation