Cherokee County, North Carolina

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Cherokee County Courthouse, listed on the NRHP with No. 79001692 [1]
Cherokee County Courthouse , listed on the NRHP with number 79001692
administration
US state : North Carolina
Administrative headquarters : Murphy
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
75 Peachtree Street
Murphy, NC 28906-2947
Foundation : 1839
Made up from: Macon County
Area code : 001 828
Demographics
Residents : 24,298  (2000)
Population density : 20.6 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1209 km²
Water surface : 30 km²
map
Map of Cherokee County within North Carolina
Website : www.cherokeecounty-nc.gov

Cherokee County is a county in the US state of North Carolina in the United States . The county seat is Murphy , which was named after the politician Archibald Murphey .

geography

The county is located in the westernmost tip of North Carolina, borders both Tennessee and Georgia and has an area of ​​1209 square kilometers, of which 30 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Graham County , Macon County, and Clay County .

Cherokee County is divided into six townships : Beaverdam, Hothouse, Murphy, Notla, Shoal Creek, and Valleytown.

history

Cherokee County was formed on January 4, 1839 from parts of Macon County. It was named after the Cherokee Indians.

Eight buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 23, 2018).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1840 3427 -
1850 6838 99.5%
1860 9166 34%
1870 8080 -11.8%
1880 8182 1.3%
1890 9976 21.9%
1900 11,860 18.9%
1910 14,136 19.2%
1920 15,242 7.8%
1930 16,151 6%
1940 18,813 16.5%
1950 18,294 -2.8%
1960 16,335 -10.7%
1970 16,330 -0%
1980 18,933 15.9%
1990 20,170 6.5%
2000 24,298 20.5%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

As of the 2000 census , Cherokee County had 24,298 people in 10,336 households and 7,369 families. The population density was 21 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 94.82 percent white, 1.59 percent African American, 1.63 percent Native American, 0.28 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.45 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.21 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.25 percent of the population.

Of the 10,336 households, 25.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.8 percent of these were married couples living together, 9.3 percent were single mothers and 28.7 percent were non-families. 25.7 percent were single households and 12.5 percent had people 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.76 people.

20.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old. 6.5 percent between 18 and 24 years old, 24.4 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 28.8 percent between 45 and 64, and 19.7 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For all females there were 94.2 males. For all women aged 18 or over there were 90.7 men.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 27,992, and the median income for a family is $ 33,768. Males had a median income of $ 26,127 versus $ 18,908 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,814. 15.3 percent of the population and 11.7 percent of families are below the poverty line. 19.2 percent of them are children and young people under 18 years of age and 18.0 percent are 65 years of age or older.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 1008545. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  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 .
  4. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved March 15, 2011
  6. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 20, 2011
  7. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 20, 2011
  8. ↑ Cherokee County, North Carolina , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

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

Coordinates: 35 ° 8 ′  N , 84 ° 4 ′  W