Cherokee County, Alabama

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Cherokee County Courthouse
Cherokee County Courthouse
administration
US state : Alabama
Administrative headquarters : Center
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		Cherokee County Clerk
102 W Main Street
Center, AL 35960
Foundation : January 9, 1836
Made up from: Cherokee Territory
Area code : 001 256
Demographics
Residents : 25,989  (2010)
Population density : 18.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1554 km²
Water surface : 121 km²
map
Map of Cherokee County within Alabama

Cherokee County is a county in the state of Alabama in the United States . The county seat is Center . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in northeast Alabama, borders Georgia to the east , is about 60 km from Tennessee to the north and has an area of ​​1,554 square kilometers, of which 121 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Cleburne County , Calhoun County , Etowah County, and DeKalb County .

history

The well-known chief Pathkiller, who led the Cherokee in the Creek War of 1813/14 , lived in Turkeytown near today's Center. Cherokee County was formed on January 9, 1836 by resolution of the State Legislature from parts of the land that the Cherokee had recently ceded to the United States in the Treaty of New Echota . It was named after the people who originally lived here and who were deported to Oklahoma on the path of tears in the 1830s . The first county seat was in newly formed Cedar Bluff . In 1844 it was moved to the more centrally located Center. During the Civil War , the 19th Alabama Cavalry Regiment, which fought under General Joseph Wheeler , consisted almost entirely of volunteers from Cherokee County. The county was an important location for iron ore mining for the Confederates . Two blast furnaces were destroyed by Union troops in the civil war . The largest facility, the Cornwell Furnace, built in 1862, escaped this fate, although General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered its destruction twice in 1864. Founded in 1870, Gaylesville Academy was the first state school in northeast Alabama. In 1882, Cedar Bluff became the first parish in America to enact prohibition laws . In 1937, the county was hooked up to electricity by the Tennessee Valley Authority . In 1961, the Alabama Power Company built a dam on the Coosa River to generate energy . The resulting Weiss Lake is one of the most popular waterways in the state.

The Cornwall Furnace (2015) is registered since September 1972 NRHP.

One structure in the county is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as of March 30, 2020, the Cornwall Furnace .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 8773 -
1850 13,884 58.3%
1860 18,360 32.2%
1870 11,132 -39.4%
1880 19,108 71.6%
1890 20,459 7.1%
1900 21.096 3.1%
1910 20,226 -4.1%
1920 20,862 3.1%
1930 20,219 -3.1%
1940 19,928 -1.4%
1950 17,634 -11.5%
1960 16.303 -7.5%
1970 15,606 -4.3%
1980 18,760 20.2%
1990 19,543 4.2%
2000 23,988 22.7%
2010 25,989 8.3%
Before 1900

1900–1990 2000 2010

Cherokee County Age Pyramid

Cherokee County's population was 23,988 as of the 2000 census . 360 of these people lived in collective accommodation, the other residents lived in 9,719 households and 7,201 families. The population density was 17 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.83 percent white, 5.54 percent African American, 0.31 percent Native American, 0.14 percent Asian and 0.35 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.83 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.85 percent of the population.

Of the 9,719 households, 28.9 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. There were married couples living together in 61.4 percent, 9.2 percent were single mothers, 25.9 percent were not families, 23.9 percent of all households were single households and 10.4 percent had people aged 65 and over or above. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.86 people.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24, 27.6 percent between 25 and 44, 26.7 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males and for females aged 18 and over there were 93.5 males.

The median income for a household in the 30,874 USD , and the median income for a family 36,920 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,978 versus $ 20,958 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,543. 11.8 percent of families and 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

See also

Web links

Commons : Cherokee County, Alabama  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

literature

  • Thomas McAdory Owen: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. SJ Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago IL 1921.
  • Virginia O. Foscue: Place Names in Alabama. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa et al. 1989, ISBN 0-8173-0410-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 161535. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Cherokee County at alabama.gov ( Memento from April 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 53.
    Patricia Hoskins Morton: Cherokee County. Encyclopedia of Alabama, August 23, 2007, last updated February 26, 2018, accessed May 24, 2020.
  4. ^ Cornwall Furnace in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 24, 2020.
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 31, 2020.
    Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed March 31, 2020.
  6. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  8. ↑ Population of Cherokee County - Alabama
  9. ↑ Extract from census.gov ( Memento from February 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed March 31, 2012
  10. ↑ Population of Cherokee County - Alabama

Coordinates: 34 ° 10 ′  N , 85 ° 36 ′  W