Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 141,903. The 2006 Census Estimate placed the population at 195,327 [1]. The county seat is Canton, Georgia⁶. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Map_of_USA_GA.svg‎ File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Georgia (U.S. state) ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is a high-precision atomic time standard. ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties/Parishes/Boroughs, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Canton is the county seat of Cherokee CountyGR6, Georgia, United States. ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...

Cherokee County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hotlanta redirects here. ... Note: This article title may be easily confused with Sandy Spring Sandy Springs (once known as Hammond) is a newly incorporated city (as of December 1st, 2005) located in Fulton County, Georgia, north of Atlanta and south of Roswell. ... Historic Downtown Marietta Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia GR6, and is its county seat. ... In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas, which are organized around county boundaries. ...

History

Original territory

1822 map of Cherokee lands in Georgia

Originally, Cherokee County was more like a territory than a county, covering everything northwest of the Chattahoochee River and Chestatee River except for Carroll County. This county was created December 26, 1831 by the state legislature. It was named after the Cherokee Indians who lived in the area at that time. Several other counties were carved out of these Cherokee lands as part of the Cherokee Land Lottery of 1832. [2] Cherokee lands large map of 1822 File links The following pages link to this file: Cherokee County, Georgia Categories: Author died more than 100 years ago public domain images | NowCommons ... Cherokee lands large map of 1822 File links The following pages link to this file: Cherokee County, Georgia Categories: Author died more than 100 years ago public domain images | NowCommons ... Types of administrative and/or political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ... Map of the Apalachicola River system with the Chattahoochee highlighted. ... The Chestatee River (variant spellings Chestatie, Chestetee, Chostatee, Chosteta, none in modern use) is a river in the Appalachian Mountains of northern Georgia. ... Carroll County is a county located in the Georgia and was named for Charles Carroll of Maryland, at that time the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. ... For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ... Year 1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

1834 map of counties created from Cherokee land

An act of the Georgia General Assembly passed on December 3^rd of that year created the counties of Forsyth, Lumpkin, Union, Cobb, Gilmer, Murray, Cass (now Bartow), Floyd, and Paulding. [3] The forcible (sometimes at gunpoint) removal of the Cherokee people, leading up to the notorious Trail of Tears, began in this area the year before, later accelerated by the discovery of gold in local streams. Cherokee counties, large map of 1834 File links The following pages link to this file: Cherokee County, Georgia Categories: Author died more than 100 years ago public domain images | NowCommons ... Cherokee counties, large map of 1834 File links The following pages link to this file: Cherokee County, Georgia Categories: Author died more than 100 years ago public domain images | NowCommons ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate Casey Cagle, R since November 7, 2006 Speaker of the House Glenn Richardson, R since November 7, 2006 Members 236 Political groups (as of November 7, 2006 elections) Democratic Party Republican Party Meeting place Georgia State Capitol Web site... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Forsyth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Lumpkin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Union County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... Cobb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Gilmer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Murray County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... Bartow County is a county located in the Georgia. ... Bartow County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Floyd County locator map Floyd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Paulding County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Gunpoint, is a word that literally means at the point of a gun, and used to indicate that a person is under the threat of being shot with a firearm. ... This monument at the New Echota Historic Site honors Cherokees who died on the Trail of Tears. ... GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ...

The first county seat was at Harnageville, originally called Marble Works. Since 1880 that town has been called Tate, and it is now (since 1853) in Pickens County. Part of that county was taken directly from Cherokee, the other via Gilmer (itself earlier taken from Cherokee). Tate is an unincorporated town located in Pickens County, Georgia. ... Tate is an unincorporated town located in Pickens County, Georgia. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Pickens County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ...

Remaining county

In 1857, part of the southeastern corner of the county was ceded by the General Assembly to form Milton County. In the 1890s, The Atlanta & Knoxville Railroad (later renamed the Marietta & North Georgia Railroad when it could not be completed to Knoxville) built a branch line up through the middle of the county. When this line was bought by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad the following decade, the L&N built train depots at Woodstock and other towns. 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Note: this article name (or a redirect to it) is a homophone with session. ... Milton County, Georgia was created in 1857 on December 18th, from parts of northeastern Cobb, southeastern Cherokee, and southwestern Forsyth counties. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Nickname: Location within the U.S. State of Tennessee Coordinates: Cities in Tennessee Tennessee Government  - Mayor Bill Haslam (R) Area  - City 254. ... A branch line is a relatively minor railway line which branches off a more important through route. ... Chartered by the state of Kentucky in 1850, the L&N, as it was generally known, grew into one of the great success stories of American business. ... A decade is a set or a group of ten, commonly a period of 10 years in contemporary English, or a period of 10 days in the French revolutionary calendar. ... Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...

Cherokee County is now becoming part of suburban Atlanta and is considered part of the Atlanta metro area. It is bisected by Interstate 575, which runs from Marietta north through Woodstock, Lebanon, Holly Springs, Canton, the county seat, and Ball Ground, ending at the Pickens County line into Georgia 515, the Appalachian Parkway developmental highway. The Georgia Northeastern Railroad also operates freight service on the former L&N tracks, roughly parallel to this route, and it could potentially serve commuter rail to Atlanta eventually. Population growth follows the same general pattern as well, with new suburbs in the south following the highway toward exurbs further north. Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... According to the 2000 census, the 28-county Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area has a United States. ... Interstate 575 (abbreviated I-575) is an Interstate highway spur route in the United States, which branches off Interstate 75 in Kennesaw and connects the metro Atlanta area with the north Georgia mountains. ... Historic Downtown Marietta Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia GR6, and is its county seat. ... Location in Cherokee County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Cherokee Government  - Mayor Donnie Henriques (R) Area  - City  0. ... Holly Springs is a city located in Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Canton is the county seat of Cherokee CountyGR6, Georgia, United States. ... Ball Ground is a city located in Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Pickens County is a county located in the state of Georgia. ... The Georgia Northeastern Railroad (GNRR) is a short line freight railroad which runs from the town of Elizabeth, Georgia (now within Marietta, near Atlanta) to the city of Blue Ridge, Georgia. ... Freight is a term used to classify the transportation of cargo and is typically a commercial process. ... Parallel is a term in geometry and in everyday life that refers to a property in Euclidean space of two or more lines or planes, or a combination of these. ... This article describes routing in computer networks, a method of finding paths from origins to destinations, along which information can be passed. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Commuters waiting for the morning train in Maplewood, New Jersey to travel to New York City A commuter town, is an urban community that is primarily residential, from which most of the workforce commute to a nearby metropolis to earn their livelihood. ...

As in similar counties, such rapid construction and consumption of land has strained the local ecology, as well as relations between developers and residents, even between the governments of the county and its city Impact fees, zoning decisions, and environmental damage have all been sources of contention, with some developers trying to circumvent the county laws by asking the cities for annexation. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A real estate developer (American English) or property developer (British English) makes improvements of some kind to real property, thereby increasing its value. ... Residency is a stage of postgraduate medical training in North America which leads to eligibility for board certification in a primary care or referral specialty. ... An impact fee is a fee most commonly assessed on the construction of new buildings within a jurisdiction. ... A typical zoning map; this one identifies the zones, or development districts, in the city of Ontario, California Zoning is a North American term for a system of land-use regulation. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In telecommunication, the term contention has the following meanings: 1. ... Ceremonies during the annexation of Hawaii. ...

Famous Citizens

• Joseph E. Brown, who was elected governor of Georgia in 1857 and later served as U.S. Senator from Georgia. Brown's primary residence and law practice were in Canton, and he owned a farm believed to be near the Sutallee community.
• Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State was born in Cherokee County.
• Robert Rechsteiner, also known as Rick Steiner, ex-professional wrestler who is now a part of the school board for the county. He also sells homes in the county as a real estate agent.
• Josh Holloway, the actor on Lost. He attended Cherokee High School in Canton.

Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821–November 30, 1894), often referred to as Joe Brown, was a Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891. ... Canton is the county seat of Cherokee CountyGR6, Georgia, United States. ... Sutallee is located in western Cherokee County, about two miles northwest of current-day Lake Allatoona, and is one of the countys earliest white settlements (see map). ... David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. ... Robert Rechsteiner (born March 9, 1961), better known by his ring name, Rick Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. ... The Cherokee County School District manages the 36 schools in Cherokee County, GA. The school districts leadership consists of an elected 7 member school board. ... Josh Holloway (born July 20, 1969 in San Jose, California) is an American actor most known for his role as James Sawyer Ford on ABCs Emmy award-winning show Lost. ... Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Cherokee High School is one of four high schools of the Lenape Regional High School District in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. ... See also: Kanton Canton or canton may refer to: canton (country subdivision), a territorial subdivision of a country the upper left (hoist) quarter of a flag, see flag terminology canton (heraldry), a subordinary occupying the (shield holders) upper right-hand ninth of the field canton (liqueur), a ginger-flavored...

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,124 km² (434 mi²). 1,097 km² (424 mi²) of it is land and 27 km² (10 mi²) of it (2.38%) is water. much of which is Lake Allatoona in the southwest. The lake is fed by the Etowah and Little rivers (the county's primary waterways), and other large streams such as Noonday Creek. Much of the northern part of the county begins to rise toward the foothills, and most of it is in the Coosa River watershed. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Lake Allatoona (rarely called Allatoona Lake, its government name) is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake in Georgia, located in northwestern metro Atlanta. ... A man-made lake in Keukenhof, Netherlands A lake is a body of water or other liquid of considerable size contained on a body of land. ... The Etowah River rises northwest of Dahlonega, Georgia, north of Atlanta. ... Little River is a tributary of Lake Allatoona in Canton, GA. Category: ... This bridge across the Danube River links Hungary with Slovakia. ... Butchers Creek, Omeo, Victoria A stream, brook, beck, burn or creek, is a body of water with a detectable current, confined within a bed and banks. ... Noonday Creek is a stream that runs through northern Cobb County and into southern Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Foothills are geographically defined as gradual increases in hilly areas at the base of a mountain range. ... The Coosa River is the major tributary when it joins the Tallapoosa River near Wetumpka, Alabama to form the Alabama River. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Major Highways

• Interstate 75
• Interstate 575
• State Route 5
• State Route 5 Business
• State Route 5 Connector
• State Route 20
• State Route 92
• State Route 108
• State Route 140
• State Route 369
• State Route 372

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Secondary Highways

• Bells Ferry Road (Old S.R. 205)
• East Cherokee Drive
• Towne Lake Parkway
• Arnold Mill Road
• Yellow Creek Road
• Upper and Lower Burris Road
• Woodstock Road
• Wade Green Road
• Kellogg Creek Road
• Canton Highway (Old S.R. 5)
• Marietta Highway (Old S.R. 5)
• Ball Ground Highway (Old S.R. 5)
• Old Marietta Road (Old S.R. 20)
• Hickory Flat Road (Old S.R. 140)

Georgia Highway 205 was assigned to Bells Ferry Road in Cherokee County. ... The entrance to the Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga at the southern end of Woodstock Road. ... Georgia Highway 5 is a route that bisects northern Gerogia. ... Georgia Highway 5 is a route that bisects northern Gerogia. ... Georgia Highway 5 is a route that bisects northern Gerogia. ... Georgia State Route 20 is an abnormally-oriented route in roughly the shape of a capital J rotated ninety degrees to the left. ... Georgia State Route 140 begins at U.S. 27/S.R. 1 in Armuchee and ends at Lawrenceville Highway (U.S. 29/S.R. 8) in Tucker. ...

Adjacent Counties

• Pickens County, Georgia - north
• Dawson County, Georgia - northeast
• Forsyth County, Georgia - east
• Fulton County, Georgia - south
• Cobb County, Georgia - south
• Bartow County, Georgia - west
• Gordon County, Georgia - northwest

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Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 141,903 people, 49,495 households, and 39,200 families residing in the county. The population density was 129/km² (335/mi²). There were 51,937 housing units at an average density of 47/km² (123/mi²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.41% White, 2.48% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.80% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 2.61% from other races, and 1.29% from two or more races. 5.42% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ...

There were 49,495 households out of which 41.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.20% were married couples living together, 8.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.80% were non-families. 16.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.18. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

In the county the population was spread out with 28.30% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 35.80% from 25 to 44, 21.70% from 45 to 64, and 6.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 100.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $60,896, and the median income for a family was $66,419. Males had a median income of $44,374 versus $31,036 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,871. About 3.50% of families and 5.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.50% of those under age 18 and 9.80% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Incorporated Cities

• Ball Ground (north-northeast) - site of old gold mines along the Etowah River.
• Canton (central; county seat) - Interstate 575 intersects with GA 140 and GA 20 here.
• Holly Springs (just south of Canton) - east of Interstate 575.
• Mountain Park (southeast) - mostly (about 80%) in Fulton County
• Nelson (far north-northeastern) - mostly (about 60%) in Pickens County
• Waleska (western) - home to Reinhardt College
• Woodstock (south-central) - east of Interstate 575.

Ball Ground is a city located in Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Canton is the county seat of Cherokee CountyGR6, Georgia, United States. ... Holly Springs is a city located in Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Mountain Park is the name of two places in the state of Georgia in the United States of America: Mountain Park, Fulton County, Georgia (incorporated city) Mountain Park, Gwinnett County, Georgia (unincorporated town) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Nelson is a city located in Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Waleska is a city located in Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Reinhardt College in Waleska, GA. Private college founded in 1883. ... Location in Cherokee County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Cherokee Government  - Mayor Donnie Henriques (R) Area  - City  0. ...

Unincorporated Communities

• Avery (eastern Cherokee)
• Batesville (southeast Cherokee)
• Buffington (east of Canton)
• Clayton (north of Canton)
• Creighton (northeast Cherokee)
• Free Home (eastern Cherokee)
• Gold Ridge (southwest of Canton)
• Greeley (northwest Cherokee)
• Hickory Flat (east of Holly Springs)
• Keithsburg (northeast of Canton)
• Lake Arrowhead (southwest of Waleska)
• Lathemtown (eastern Cherokee)
• Lebanon / Toonigh (south of Holly Springs)
• Macedonia (eastern Cherokee)
• Mica (northeast Cherokee)
• Oak Grove (southwest Cherokee)
• Ophir (eastern Cherokee)
• Orange (east Cherokee)
• Salacoa (northwest Cherokee)
• Sharp Top (northern Cherokee)
• Sixes (west of Holly Springs)
• Sutallee (western Cherokee)
• Towne Lake (west of Woodstock)
• Union Hill (eastern Cherokee)
• Univeter (south of Canton)
• Victoria (southwest Cherokee)

Buffington traces its origin to an unfortunate chapter in American history. ... Free Home is an unincorporated community in the eastern part of Cherokee County, Georgia. ... Late-eighteenth century settlement between Canton and the Little River; located at the base of a north-south ridge (Ridge Road) and to the east of the now-defunct Sixes Gold Mine. ... Hickory Flat is located in southeastern Cherokee County, about two miles east of Holly Springs. ... Keithsburg was established in the mid nineteenth-century along the railroad northeast of Canton. ... Lake Arrowhead is located approximately two miles southwest of Waleska, Georgia, in the mountainous northwestern corner of Cherokee County, Georgia, Georgias largest, man-made, privately owned lake, which covers about 540 acres to depths of up to 80 feet. ... Toonigh, located between Holly Springs and Woodstock, is also (and more commonly) known as Lebanon. ... Oak Grove, Georgia no longer exists. ... Sixes is located about three miles west of Holly Springs and near the eastern shore of current-day Lake Allatoona. ... Sutallee is located in western Cherokee County, about two miles northwest of current-day Lake Allatoona, and is one of the countys earliest white settlements (see map). ... Towne Lake is located about two miles due west of downtown Woodstock, Georgia in an area formerly known (at least to longtime locals) as Thousand Acre Woods. ... Univeter is located between Canton (to the north) and Holly Springs (to the south), although parts of the area have been annexed into Canton. ...

External links

• Cherokee TV
• Cherokee County government
• Cherokee County School District School District
• Cherokee County Humane Society
• Cherokee Live A community website

The Cherokee County School District manages the 36 schools in Cherokee County, GA. The school districts leadership consists of an elected 7 member school board. ...

Local Newspapers

• The Cherokee Ledger-News
• HomeTownCherokee.com - Cherokee's Online News & Community Publication

Coordinates: 34°14′N 84°28′W / 34.24, -84.47 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...