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Welcome to Cherokee ...

So far, we found very little information about Cherokee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Cherokee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cherokee, please Contact Us.

Cherokee would have been located within present day Butte County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cherokee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

When the people of Cherokee referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Cherokeean<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cherokee is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Cherokee was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Cherokee was located: 530 & 837<5>

Communities Also Named Cherokee ...

While we believe that this Cherokee is located in Butte County, we know of another 3 California communities named Cherokee. Those communities are located in the following counties: Nevada, San Joaquin and Tuolumne County.

Beyond California, there are 30 communities that are also named Cherokee - they are located in Alabama, Georgia (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Maine, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cherokee.

Communities near Cherokee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cherokee.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cherokee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cherokee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cherokee. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cherokee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cherokee. See our Newspapers Page for Cherokee.

Adding Cherokee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cherokee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cherokee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Cherokee post office opened in 1854. The Cherokee post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cherokee.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cherokee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Cherokee refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Cherokee may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cherokee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Cherokee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Cherokee area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/