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Welcome to Cherokee Corner ...

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cherokee Corner, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1817.

Time Zone: The area where Cherokee Corner was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Cherokee Corner was located: 706 & 762<3>

Communities near Cherokee Corner ...

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

  • Athens
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Dalton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Chamberlin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chamberlin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlin
    • Chamberlin is located in Clarke County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 30,307 people
  • Cumberland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cumberland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
    • Cumberland is located in Oconee County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 6,547 people
  • Cleveland Station
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cleveland Station have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland Station
    • Cleveland Station is located in Clarke County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 4,165 people
  • Watkinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Watkinsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkinsville
    • Watkinsville is located in Oconee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,962 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkinsville <4>
  • Nicholson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicholson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicholson
    • Nicholson is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nicholson <4>
  • Comer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Spartan Lane
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spartan Lane have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spartan Lane
    • Spartan Lane is located in Oconee County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,230 people
  • Winterville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)

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 Corner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cherokee Corner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cherokee Corner. 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 Corner.

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

Adding Cherokee Corner to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Cherokee Corner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Cherokee Corner post office opened in 1817.

We also found Cherokee Corner on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1839.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cherokee Corner.

The official website for Oglethorpe County: www.onlineoglethorpe.com

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Oglethorpe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Cherokee Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Cherokee Corner area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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