It includes most of Tenkiller Lake and part of Fort Gibson Lake. 1907.

Family publications, history publications, journals and The decrease in agriculture was largely due to urbanization around the Tahlequah area and economic development after World War II. [16] Cherokee can be studied as a second language, and some classes are taught in Cherokee for first language speakers as well.[17]. document.write(X_today); (2012.088.11, Lewis A. Danner Collection, OHS). Welcome to Cherokee County. However, specialized agricultural commodities emerged. The Harlan Site revealed critical information on the mound builder society prevalent in the area around A.D. 700 until approximately A.D. 1250.

Cherokee County was created from the Tahlequah District in the Cherokee Nation when Indian and Oklahoma Territories were joined to form the State of Oklahoma in 1907. Family Group [5], The county lies in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Cherokee County was created from the Cherokee Nation's Tahlequah District at the 1906 Constitutional Convention and named for the Cherokee Nation.

Towns In the mid-1870s non-Indians began illegally moving into present Cherokee County. [4] However, the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, states that it was created from the Tahlequah District of the Cherokee Nation in 1906.
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The racial makeup of the county was 56.41% White, 1.20% Black or African American, 32.42% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 2.10% from other races, and 7.56% from two or more races. Asst: Mel Owings Copyright to all of these materials is protected under United States and International law. letters, military, tombstone transcriptions and photo collections. government buildings still standing are the Capitol (1867-70), the.

92.7% spoke English, 3.8% Spanish and 2.7% Cherokee as their first language. fine example of an antebellum mansion.

The "Trail of Tears" brought a large population of American Indians to Cherokee County.

Records About 17.00% of families and 22.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.40% of those under age 18 and 13.80% of those age 65 or over.
written consent of the file contributor. Many of the Cherokees' government buildings and residences, especially at Park Hill, were destroyed during the Civil War by one side or the other, as the conflict divided the tribe. var X_now = new Date(); The number of residents reached 30,684 in 1980, 34,049 in 1990, and 42,521 in 2000.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990", "Census 2000 PHC-T-4.

[P] (918) 456-4121 [F] (918) 458-6586. All rail service ceased in 1942.

David Campbell, Railroads Through Cherokee County: Frisco Ozark Route and the St. Louis and Oklahoma Southern (Tahlequah, Okla.: Indian Territory Genealogical and Historical Society, 1998). Persons or organizations desiring The latter burned down in 1887 and was rebuilt in Tahlequah. In 1906 the Cherokee Nation's tribal government was dissolved in preparation for statehood. Odie B. Faulk and Billy M. Jones, Tahlequah, NSU, and the Cherokees (Tahlequah, Okla.: Northeastern State University Educational Foundation, 1984). As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,987. The Female Seminary became Northeastern State Normal School after statehood in 1907 and is now part of Northeastern State University.

The railroad declined by 1940, largely due to an increase in automobiles and a decrease in profits during the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 1930s. Hispanic ethnicity was identified as 6.3 percent. It is the home of Northeastern State University and the U.S. GEN WEB NOTICE: In keeping

[3], According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 776 square miles (2,010 km2), of which 749 square miles (1,940 km2) is land and 2.7 square miles (7.0 km2) (3.5%) is water. There were 19,499 housing units at an average density of 26 per square mile (10/km2). used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all Cherokee Strip Museum and Rose Hill School, Chisholm Trail Museum and A. J. Seay Mansion, Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library, Oklahoma Heritage Preservation Grant Program, Ross Cemetery, National Register of Historic Places, Cherokee National Capitol, National Register of Historic Places, Hunter's Home (formerly Murrell Home), National Register of Historic Places, Cherokee Female Seminary, National Register of Historic Places, Cherokee National Jail, National Register of Historic Places, Cherokee Supreme Court Building, National Register of Historic Places, First Cherokee Female Seminary Site, National Register of Historic Places, Cherokee County newspapers, The Gateway to Oklahoma History. be printed or copied for Personal use only. Historical

with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be 4.14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

In 1878 seventeen of these intruders were reported, and that number quadrupled within five years. Accomplished Cherokee author and historian Robert J. Conley and Cherokee actor Wes Studi also have lived in the county. Libraries As of the 2010 census, the population was 46,987.