Cherokee County, AL
Map of Alabama highlighting Cherokee County. Source: Wikipedia
The Alabama legislature created Cherokee County on January 9, 1836. It was named after the Cherokee Indians, who ceded the land that now comprises the county to the federal government by the treaty of New Echota, December 29, 1835.
Cherokee County is in the Northeastern portion of the state, in the Appalachian Mountains. DeKalb County borders it on the north, on the west by Etowah County, on the south by Calhoun and Cleburne, and on the east by Chattooga and Floyd Counties, Georgia.
Towns & Communities
After its formation, residents of Cherokee County quarreled over the location of a county seat for the first ten years. In 1837, the Alabama legislature authorized the seat of county government to be established at Cedar Bluff. After an election was
held in 1844, the county seat was moved to Centre.
~ Source: Ancestor Swap Meet 2003 book, June 21, 2003, Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society.
Other towns and communities include Centre (County seat), Cedar Bluff, Collinsville (partly in DeKalb County), Forney, Gaylesville, Jamestown, Leesburg, Piedmont (partly in Calhoun County), Rock Run & Sand Rock.
Research Links for Genealogy Search in Cherokee County, Alabama [All links will open in a new tab or window of your browser.]
- Cherokee County on ALGenWeb– many links to records & research sites.
- Cherokee County Archives– on USGenWeb.
- Cherokee County– from TrackingYourRoots (not extensive).
Cemeteries
- Cherokee County Cemeteries– from AccessGenealogy.com.
Libraries
- Cherokee Public Library in Centre– It has a genealogy department with some local records.
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