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Cherokee County

county in Alabama, United States
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Summary

Cherokee County is a county of Alabama[1]. It draws 363 Wikipedia views per month (county of alabama category, ranking #26 of 68).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alabama[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Centre[5]
  • Shares border with: DeKalb County[6], Chattooga County[7], Floyd County[8], Polk County[9], Etowah County[10], Calhoun County[11], Cleburne County[12]
  • Named after: Cherokee Nation[13]
  • Commons category: Cherokee County, Alabama[14]
  • Licence plate code: 13[15]
  • Inception: January 9, 1836[16]
  • Coordinate location: 34.169722222222, -85.594166666667[17]
  • Official website: https://www.cherokeecounty-al.gov[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cherokee County, Alabama[19]
  • Population: 25,989[20], 25,968[21], 26,088[22], 26,056[23], 26,203[24], 25,859[25], 24,971[26]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cherokee County, Alabama[27]
  • Number of households: 10,836[28]
  • Native label: Cherokee County[29]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C107697[30]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Cherokee County, Alabama[31]
  • Different from: Cherokee County[32]
  • Elevation above sea level: 172[33]
  • Area: 1554[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 7.7[35]
  • Mean age: 46.8[36]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Cherokee County, Alabama[37]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Cherokee County, Alabama[38]
  • Per capita income: 26,231[39]

Why It Matters

Cherokee County has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Alabama United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14901 → cherokee-county
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
  2. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Cherokee County, Al
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Cherokee County, Alabama.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States president"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22222254
    Taxonomicon id → 1803832
    Umls cui → C3811871
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 34.169722222222, 'longitude': -85.594166666667}
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+172'}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Alabama
    Inception → +1836-01-09T00:00:00Z
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C107697, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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