Cherokee, Alabama
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 Location in County and Alabama
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Alabama |
| County : | Colbert County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 45 ′ N , 87 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,048 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 183.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.7 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.7 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 162 m |
| Postal code : | 35616 |
| Area code : | +1 256 |
| FIPS : | 01-14152 |
| GNIS ID : | 0115997 |
| Mayor : | Chuck Lansdell |
Cherokee is a city in Colbert County in the state of Alabama in the United States . In 2010 about 1050 people lived here.
geography
Cherokee is located in northwest Alabama in the southern United States. The place is located approximately 12 kilometers east of the Mississippi border and 16 miles south of the Tennessee border . The Tennessee River , which is 1049 kilometers long, runs 3 miles northeast .
Nearby places include Barton (6 km east), Waterloo (17 km northwest), Iuka (18 km west), Tuscumbia (19 km east) and Sheffield (19 km east). The next larger city is Huntsville, about 96 kilometers to the east, with a population of 180,000 .
history
The first white settlers named the place Buzzard Roost . In 1838 the population increased after new roads were completed.
Cherokee itself was founded in 1856, shortly before the Memphis and Charleston Railroad was completed, and was named after the Cherokee Indians who once owned this land. In the same year a post office was founded and a railroad depot was built in 1859, which gave the city further population growth. The incorporation followed in 1871.
Due to its location on the border between Northern and Southern states , the city was a strategic target of numerous attacks during the Civil War and was occupied several times. For a long time this war had a negative impact on the city's economy, but it recovered and began to expand again. The urban boom came to an end when the neighboring towns of Tuscumbia , Florence, and Muscle Shoals also expanded and attracted many businesses.
One building in Cherokee is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , Easterwood House as of July 11, 2019.
traffic
US Highway 72 runs south of the city and 3 kilometers to the west there is a connection to the 715 kilometer Natchez Trace Parkway .
Iuka Airport is around 17 kilometers to the west , and Northwest Alabama Regional Airport is 30 kilometers east .
Demographics
The 2000 census showed a population of 1237, divided between 510 households and 370 families. The population density was 213 people per square kilometer. 78.3% of the population were white, 20.2% black and 0.3% Indian. 1.1% had two or more races , 0.5% were Hispanics or Latin American of any ethnicity. For every 100 women there were 92 men. The median age was 38 years and the per capita income was 12,431 US dollars, which put about 22.6% of the population below the poverty line.
By the 2010 census , the population had dropped to 1,048.
Web links
- Cherokee in the Encyclopedia of Alabama (English)
- Statistical data on Cherokee (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Place Names in Alabama , University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa 1989, p. 32 ( on Google Books )
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↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 12, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 12, 2019. - ↑ a b site of the United States Census Bureau , accessed on July 7, 2015