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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_water_bodies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Major water bodies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_water_bodies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjacent_counties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjacent_counties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Adjacent counties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjacent_counties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_highways" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_highways"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Major highways</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_highways-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Major_infrastructure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Major_infrastructure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Major infrastructure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Major_infrastructure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-2020_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>2020 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000_census" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000_census"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>2000 census</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000_census-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Law,_government,_and_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Law,_government,_and_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Law, government, and politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Law,_government,_and_politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Law, government, and politics 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Census-designated_place" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Census-designated_place"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Census-designated place</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Census-designated_place-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Village" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Village"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Village</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Village-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Unincorporated_communities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unincorporated_communities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Unincorporated communities</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unincorporated_communities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Townships" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Townships"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Townships</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Townships-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Works_cited" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9)" title="مقاطعة تشيروكي (كارولاينا الشمالية) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة تشيروكي (كارولاينا الشمالية)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_K%C5%ABn_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee Kūn (North Carolina) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Cherokee Kūn (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B3,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Чероки (окръг, Северна Каролина) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чероки (окръг, Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Cherokee County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_(kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, North Carolina) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Cherokee County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Cherokee County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Gogledd_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, Gogledd Carolina – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cherokee County, Gogledd Carolina" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee County (North Carolina) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Cherokee County (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee County (North Carolina) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Cherokee County (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%B9_(%CE%92%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1)" title="Κομητεία Τσερόκι (Βόρεια Καρολίνα) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κομητεία Τσερόκι (Βόρεια Καρολίνα)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Cherokee_(Carolina_del_Norte)" title="Condado de Cherokee (Carolina del Norte) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Cherokee (Carolina del Norte)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantono_Cherokee_(Norda_Karolino)" title="Kantono Cherokee (Norda Karolino) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kantono Cherokee (Norda Karolino)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_konderria_(Ipar_Carolina)" title="Cherokee konderria (Ipar Carolina) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cherokee konderria (Ipar Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="شهرستان چروکی، کارولینای شمالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان چروکی، کارولینای شمالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Cherokee_(Caroline_du_Nord)" title="Comté de Cherokee (Caroline du Nord) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Cherokee (Caroline du Nord)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Cherokee,_Carolina_Thuaidh" title="Contae Cherokee, Carolina Thuaidh – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Cherokee, Carolina Thuaidh" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D9%9A_%D8%B4%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="چروکی ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="چروکی ٚ شأرستان (کلسيايي کارؤلينا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B4%EB%A1%9C%ED%82%A4%EA%B5%B0_(%EB%85%B8%EC%8A%A4%EC%BA%90%EB%A1%A4%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%82%98%EC%A3%BC)" title="체로키군 (노스캐롤라이나주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="체로키군 (노스캐롤라이나주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" 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data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_megye_(%C3%89szak-Karolina)" title="Cherokee megye (Észak-Karolina) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Cherokee megye (Észak-Karolina)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7)" title="چروکی شهرستان (شمالی کارولینا) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="چروکی شهرستان (شمالی کارولینا)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_G%C3%B4ng_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee Gông (North Carolina) – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Cherokee Gông (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee County (North Carolina) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cherokee County (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E9%83%A1_(%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E5%B7%9E)" title="チェロキー郡 (ノースカロライナ州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="チェロキー郡 (ノースカロライナ州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BE,_%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Чероки (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Чероки (гуо, Къилбаседа Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_(Nord-Carolina)" title="Cherokee County (Nord-Carolina) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cherokee County (Nord-Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86%D9%B9%DB%8C%D8%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7" title="چیروکی کاؤنٹی، اتلا کیرولینا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چیروکی کاؤنٹی، اتلا کیرولینا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_(Noord-Carolina)" title="Cherokee County (Noord-Carolina) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Cherokee County (Noord-Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstwo_Cherokee_(Karolina_P%C3%B3%C5%82nocna)" title="Hrabstwo Cherokee (Karolina Północna) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Hrabstwo Cherokee (Karolina Północna)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Cherokee_(Carolina_do_Norte)" title="Condado de Cherokee (Carolina do Norte) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Cherokee (Carolina do Norte)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Cherokee,_Carolina_de_Nord" title="Comitatul Cherokee, Carolina de Nord – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Cherokee, Carolina de Nord" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Чероки (округ, Северная Каролина) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чероки (округ, Северная Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee County (North Carolina) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Cherokee County (North Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cherokee County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8_(%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Округ Чероки (Северна Каролина) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Округ Чероки (Северна Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Cherokee County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokeen_piirikunta_(Pohjois-Carolina)" title="Cherokeen piirikunta (Pohjois-Carolina) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Cherokeen piirikunta (Pohjois-Carolina)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cherokee County, North Carolina – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Cherokee County, North Carolina" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%A2%D3%A9%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Чероки (округ, Төньяк Каролина) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Чероки (округ, Төньяк Каролина)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Kuzey_Karolina" title="Cherokee County, Kuzey Karolina – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Cherokee County, Kuzey Karolina" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%96_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3,_%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0)" title="Черокі (округ, Північна Кароліна) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Черокі (округ, Північна 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Carolina">Murphy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest community</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andrews,_North_Carolina" title="Andrews, North Carolina">Andrews</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">466.67 sq mi (1,208.7 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">455.54 sq mi (1,179.8 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">11.13 sq mi (28.8 km<sup>2</sup>)  2.38%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">28,774</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Estimate <div class="ib-settlement-fn">(2023)</div></div></th><td class="infobox-data">29,959</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">63.16/sq mi (24.39/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Cherokee Countians</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congressional district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="North Carolina's 11th congressional district">11th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cherokeecounty-nc.gov">www<wbr />.cherokeecounty-nc<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cherokee County</b> is the westernmost <a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">county</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. It borders <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> to its west and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> to its south. As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, the population was 28,774.<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> is <a href="/wiki/Murphy,_North_Carolina" title="Murphy, North Carolina">Murphy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This area was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples who settled in the river valleys. It was part of the historic <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> homelands, a large territory composed of areas of what are now western Virginia, western North and South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. </p><p>The area that would become Cherokee County was explored by Spanish conquistador <a href="/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto" title="Hernando de Soto">Hernando DeSoto</a> as early as 1540.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1813, the first highway was built through the area. The <a href="/wiki/Unicoi_Turnpike" title="Unicoi Turnpike">Unicoi Turnpike</a> was the first to link <a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee" title="East Tennessee">East Tennessee</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Georgia" title="North Georgia">North Georgia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western North Carolina</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early white farmers who wed <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans</a> were granted property along the <a href="/wiki/Nottely_River" title="Nottely River">Nottley River</a> in 1817.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Baptist mission center was established in the area as early as 1820.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> European Americans began to settle near present-day Murphy and a <a href="/wiki/Trading_post" title="Trading post">trading post</a> was established prior to 1828.<sup id="cite_ref-walker_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-walker-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Old Tatham House at the base of Pisgah Road near <a href="/wiki/Andrews,_North_Carolina" title="Andrews, North Carolina">Andrews</a> was built in 1833. The two-story log cabin built by Thomas Tatham is the oldest surviving structure in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fort_Butler_(Murphy,_North_Carolina)" title="Fort Butler (Murphy, North Carolina)">Fort Butler</a> was built near Murphy in July 1836 and early court trials were held there.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fall 1838, the area's land was put up for public sale in <a href="/wiki/Franklin,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin, North Carolina">Franklin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cherokee County was formed in 1839 from <a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_North_Carolina" title="Macon County, North Carolina">Macon County</a> and named for the Cherokee Native Americans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECorbitt198762_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECorbitt198762-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A proposal to name the county <a href="/wiki/Junaluska" title="Junaluska">Junaluska</a>, in honor of the Cherokee leader, was rejected.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county's first brick courthouse was constructed in 1844 in downtown Murphy.<sup id="cite_ref-courthistory_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courthistory-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Murphy was incorporated as the county seat in 1851.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cherokee County's first industry, a tannery northeast of what would become Andrews, was established by James Stewart in 1852.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As European-American population increased in the area in the 19th century, the state legislature created new counties. In 1861 the southeastern part of Cherokee County became <a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_North_Carolina" title="Clay County, North Carolina">Clay County</a>. In 1872, its northeastern part was separated and organized as <a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Graham County, North Carolina">Graham County</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harshaw_Chapel_and_Cemetery" title="Harshaw Chapel and Cemetery">Harshaw Chapel</a>, the oldest brick structure and church building in Cherokee County, was constructed in 1869.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 19th century, there was widespread interest in Native American cultures. In the 1870s, the Valentine brothers of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>, caused extensive damage to at least eight ancient mounds in Cherokee, Haywood, Jackson, and Swain counties. They roughly excavated and looted them, seeking artifacts for the museum of their father, Mann S. Valentine, which he operated in Richmond.<sup id="cite_ref-stone_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stone-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The railroad came to Cherokee County in 1887, with Georgia & North Carolina Railroad's narrow gauge line from <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Georgia" title="Marietta, Georgia">Marietta</a> to <a href="/wiki/Culberson,_North_Carolina" title="Culberson, North Carolina">Culberson</a> – then the largest town in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-:03_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The train reached Murphy the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county's newspaper, the <i>Cherokee Scout</i>, was founded in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century_to_present">20th century to present</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 20th century to present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first known brick house in the county, the John Tatham House, was north of Andrews. It was destroyed in the early 1900s.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 43-inmate Cherokee County Jail was built in downtown Murphy in 1922. The current <a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County_Courthouse_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee County Courthouse (North Carolina)">Cherokee County Courthouse</a> was constructed next door four years later.<sup id="cite_ref-courthistory_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courthistory-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The jail was demolished in 2008 after a new 150-inmate detention center was completed on Regal Street.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nation's oldest and largest folk school, <a href="/wiki/John_C._Campbell_Folk_School" title="John C. Campbell Folk School">John C. Campbell Folk School</a>, was founded in southeast Cherokee County in 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county's first medical institution was Petrie Hospital, founded in November 1933 by Dr. R.W. Petrie, an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist. The hospital was a two-story white brick building atop a hill on Peachtree Street in downtown Murphy. It started with four registered nurses and a capacity of 21 patients.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Providence_of_Holyoke" title="Sisters of Providence of Holyoke">Sisters of Providence of Holyoke</a> came to Murphy in 1956 to manage Petrie Hospital and renamed it Providence Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 22-bed Murphy General Hospital was built by Dr. F. V. Taylor in 1941 and closed in July 1969 due to insufficient staff and property.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1956, a $375,000, 30-bed non-profit regional hospital named District Memorial was constructed in Andrews.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1974 the Murphy Town Council approved spending $4,000 on a study to see whether constructing a new hospital was feasible. Following this study, Providence Hospital closed in 1978 and Murphy Medical Center was founded in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Citing uncollected payments, District Memorial Hospital declared bankruptcy in 2000, closed soon afterward, and was demolished.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Murphy Medical Center was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Erlanger_Health_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Erlanger Health System">Erlanger Health System</a> and renamed <a href="/wiki/Erlanger_Western_Carolina_Hospital" title="Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital">Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital</a> in 2019. Today it is the only hospital in the state west of <a href="/wiki/Bryson_City,_North_Carolina" title="Bryson City, North Carolina">Bryson City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Franklin,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin, North Carolina">Franklin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cherokee County operated on <a href="/wiki/Central_Time_Zone" title="Central Time Zone">Central</a> time as late as 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is now located in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Time Zone</a>. In the late 1930s, <a href="/wiki/Hiwassee_Dam" title="Hiwassee Dam">Hiwassee Dam</a> was built in northwest Cherokee County by the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a>, creating <a href="/wiki/Hiwassee_Lake" title="Hiwassee Lake">Hiwassee Lake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-report1_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report1-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the highest overspill dam in the Eastern United States and was the tallest in the world when it was completed in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-NC_Markers_2023-08-05_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NC_Markers_2023-08-05-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second TVA dam, <a href="/wiki/Apalachia_Dam" title="Apalachia Dam">Apalachia</a>, was built near the Tennessee border in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-report12_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-report12-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1950s, the world's largest and most powerful pump was added to Hiwassee Dam.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 1940s, religious tourist attraction <a href="/wiki/Fields_of_the_Wood" title="Fields of the Wood">Fields of the Wood</a> opened in western Cherokee County with the world's largest Christian cross and biggest <a href="/wiki/Ten_Commandments" title="Ten Commandments">Ten Commandments</a>, covering a mountainside.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1955, the county health department moved into a new building at its current location.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tri-County_Community_College" title="Tri-County Community College">Tri-County Community College</a> was founded in <a href="/wiki/Peachtree,_North_Carolina" title="Peachtree, North Carolina">Peachtree</a> in late 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-Moorebook_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moorebook-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A four-lane highway was built between Murphy and Andrews around 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An F4 tornado in western Cherokee County killed four people (including two children) and injured 40 on April 3, 1974. It destroyed 45 homes near Murphy, causing $13 million (1974) in damages. The F4 was the deadliest of four tornadoes that struck the county during the first four days of April that year in the <a href="/wiki/1974_Super_Outbreak" title="1974 Super Outbreak">1974 Super Outbreak</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An EF-2 tornado hit Murphy the night of March 2, 2012, in the <a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_2%E2%80%933,_2012" title="Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012">Tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2012</a>, damaging businesses and temporarily closing two schools. An EF-1 tornado hit the Peachtree community on the night of May 8, 2024, in the <a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_May_6%E2%80%939,_2024" class="mw-redirect" title="Tornado outbreak of May 6–9, 2024">Tornado outbreak of May 6–9, 2024</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Forest_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forest Service">U.S. Forest Service</a> made the decision to close Hanging Dog Campground in Nantahala National Forest.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A proposal to open a 1,200-acre state park at the site was dismissed by the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Department_of_Natural_and_Cultural_Resources" title="North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources">North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources</a> in 2023, as officials said the project would cost more than $20 million.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tourism has become a major industry for the county. As of 2023, the tourism industry employs at least 590 people in the county and generates more than $100 million in annual visitor spending.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 300px;"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="8" data-lat="35.14" data-lon="-84.06" data-overlays="["_f2d60ca4befc196cbead5e69a730667bdc78200a"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/8/35.14/-84.06/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,35.14,-84.06,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Cherokee_County%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1255822511&groups=_f2d60ca4befc196cbead5e69a730667bdc78200a" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,8,35.14,-84.06,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Cherokee_County%2C_North_Carolina&revid=1255822511&groups=_f2d60ca4befc196cbead5e69a730667bdc78200a 2x" alt="Map" /></a><div class="thumbcaption">Interactive map of Cherokee County</div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Hiwassee_River_and_the_town_of_Murphy_in_Cherokee_County,_N.C.,_on_Oct._24,_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/The_Hiwassee_River_and_the_town_of_Murphy_in_Cherokee_County%2C_N.C.%2C_on_Oct._24%2C_2022.jpg/220px-The_Hiwassee_River_and_the_town_of_Murphy_in_Cherokee_County%2C_N.C.%2C_on_Oct._24%2C_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/The_Hiwassee_River_and_the_town_of_Murphy_in_Cherokee_County%2C_N.C.%2C_on_Oct._24%2C_2022.jpg/330px-The_Hiwassee_River_and_the_town_of_Murphy_in_Cherokee_County%2C_N.C.%2C_on_Oct._24%2C_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/The_Hiwassee_River_and_the_town_of_Murphy_in_Cherokee_County%2C_N.C.%2C_on_Oct._24%2C_2022.jpg/440px-The_Hiwassee_River_and_the_town_of_Murphy_in_Cherokee_County%2C_N.C.%2C_on_Oct._24%2C_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Murphy from the air; the Hiwassee River is on the left</figcaption></figure> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a>, the county has a total area of 466.67 square miles (1,208.7 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 455.54 square miles (1,179.8 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 11.13 square miles (28.8 km<sup>2</sup>) (2.38%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Located in the southern <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a>, Cherokee County contains a varied <a href="/wiki/Natural_landscape" title="Natural landscape">natural landscape</a>. Portions of the county fall within the boundaries of the <a href="/wiki/Nantahala_National_Forest" title="Nantahala National Forest">Nantahala National Forest</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Hiwassee_River" title="Hiwassee River">Hiwassee River</a> flows into Tennessee after passing through this county from southeast to northwest; it is a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee River</a>. Both rivers are known to have had several historic <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> towns and villages located along their banks. </p><p>As of 2022, the county had 25,410 acres of agricultural land and 246 farms.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cherokee County has a total of 28 dams according to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="United States Army Corps of Engineers">U.S. Army Corps of Engineers</a>. Thirteen are classified as high-hazard, meaning a dam failure may be deadly; nine of those have no emergency action plans. Of the 13 high-hazard dams, eight are marked as potentially dangerous; one is considered an immediate threat.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1974, parts of Cherokee County were affected by a historic weather event, the <a href="/wiki/1974_Super_Outbreak" title="1974 Super Outbreak">1974 Super Outbreak</a> of tornadoes. This affected parts of 13 states and was the second-largest such event to be recorded in the U.S. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cherokee_reserve">Cherokee reserve</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cherokee reserve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Portions of the <a href="/wiki/Qualla_Boundary" title="Qualla Boundary">Qualla Boundary</a> are located in Cherokee County. These are non-contiguous and are separate from the main part of the Qualla Boundary, which is in <a href="/wiki/Swain_County,_North_Carolina" title="Swain County, North Carolina">Swain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Jackson County, North Carolina">Jackson</a> counties. The land is exclusive territory of the federally recognized <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Band_of_Cherokee_Indians" title="Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians">Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians</a> and is protected by their Tribal Police. Following the success of <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Cherokee" title="Harrah's Cherokee">Harrah's Cherokee</a> Tribal Casino in Cherokee, the EBCI opened a second tribal casino in 2015 on a plot of their land here, located within the <a href="/wiki/Murphy,_North_Carolina" title="Murphy, North Carolina">Murphy</a> city limits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_protected_area">National protected area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: National protected area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nantahala_National_Forest" title="Nantahala National Forest">Nantahala National Forest</a> (part)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_and_local_protected_areas">State and local protected areas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: State and local protected areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_Lake_Recreation_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cherokee Lake Recreation Area (page does not exist)">Cherokee Lake Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fires_Creek" title="Fires Creek">Fires Creek Wildlife Management Area</a> (part)<sup id="cite_ref-NCWRC_Game_Lands_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCWRC_Game_Lands-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hanging_Dog_Recreation_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hanging Dog Recreation Area (page does not exist)">Hanging Dog Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nantahala_National_Forest_Game_Land&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nantahala National Forest Game Land (page does not exist)">Nantahala National Forest Game Land</a> (part)<sup id="cite_ref-NCWRC_Game_Lands_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCWRC_Game_Lands-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_water_bodies">Major water bodies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Major water bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Appalachia_Lake_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Appalachia Lake (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Appalachia Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harold_Wells_Lake_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Harold Wells Lake (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Harold Wells Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiwassee_Lake" title="Hiwassee Lake">Hiwassee Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiwassee_River" title="Hiwassee River">Hiwassee River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Junaluska_Creek_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Junaluska Creek (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Junaluska Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Tennessee_River" title="Little Tennessee River">Little Tennessee River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Moccasin_Creek_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moccasin Creek (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Moccasin Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottely_River" title="Nottely River">Nottely River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peachtree_Creek_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peachtree Creek (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Peachtree Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Valley_River_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Valley River (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Valley River</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welch_Mill_Creek_(North_Carolina)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Welch Mill Creek (North Carolina) (page does not exist)">Welch Mill Creek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties">Adjacent counties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Graham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Graham County, North Carolina">Graham County</a> – north</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_County,_North_Carolina" title="Clay County, North Carolina">Clay County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macon_County,_North_Carolina" title="Macon County, North Carolina">Macon County</a> – east</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fannin_County,_Georgia" title="Fannin County, Georgia">Fannin County, Georgia</a> – southwest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Georgia" title="Union County, Georgia">Union County, Georgia</a> – south</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polk_County,_Tennessee" title="Polk County, Tennessee">Polk County, Tennessee</a> – west</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Tennessee" title="Monroe County, Tennessee">Monroe County, Tennessee</a> – northwest</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_highways">Major highways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Major highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/24px-US_19.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/36px-US_19.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/48px-US_19.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina">US 19</a></li> <li><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/24px-Business_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/36px-Business_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/48px-Business_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/24px-US_19.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/36px-US_19.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/48px-US_19.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19_Business_(Andrews,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 19 Business (Andrews, North Carolina)">US 19 Bus.</a> (Andrews)</li> <li><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/24px-Business_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/36px-Business_plate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Business_plate.svg/48px-Business_plate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/24px-US_19.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/36px-US_19.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/US_19.svg/48px-US_19.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_19_Business_(Murphy,_North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 19 Business (Murphy, North Carolina)">US 19 Bus.</a> (Murphy)</li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/24px-US_64.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/36px-US_64.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/US_64.svg/48px-US_64.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_64_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 64 in North Carolina">US 64</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/24px-US_74.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/36px-US_74.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/US_74.svg/48px-US_74.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_74" title="U.S. Route 74">US 74</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US_129.svg/30px-US_129.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US_129.svg/45px-US_129.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/US_129.svg/60px-US_129.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_129_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 129 in North Carolina">US 129</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/NC_60.svg/24px-NC_60.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/NC_60.svg/36px-NC_60.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/NC_60.svg/48px-NC_60.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_60" title="North Carolina Highway 60">NC 60</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NC_141.svg/24px-NC_141.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NC_141.svg/36px-NC_141.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/NC_141.svg/48px-NC_141.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_141" title="North Carolina Highway 141">NC 141</a></li> <li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/NC_294.svg/24px-NC_294.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/NC_294.svg/36px-NC_294.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/NC_294.svg/48px-NC_294.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_294" title="North Carolina Highway 294">NC 294</a></li></ul> <p>US 64, the longest highway in North Carolina, and a cross-country highway, passes through the county from east–west. US 74, which links <a href="/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee" title="Chattanooga, Tennessee">Chattanooga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a>, is a major 4-lane highway through the county. US 19 and US 129 also pass through the county, providing connections to <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta</a> to the south and <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a> to the north. There is also a plan to extend Interstate 24 from Chattanooga to Charlotte. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Major_infrastructure">Major infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Major infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_Carolina_Regional_Airport" title="Western Carolina Regional Airport">Western Carolina Regional Airport</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>3,427</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>6,838</td><td></td><td>99.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>9,166</td><td></td><td>34.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>8,080</td><td></td><td>−11.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>8,182</td><td></td><td>1.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>9,976</td><td></td><td>21.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>11,860</td><td></td><td>18.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>14,136</td><td></td><td>19.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>15,242</td><td></td><td>7.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>16,151</td><td></td><td>6.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>18,813</td><td></td><td>16.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>18,294</td><td></td><td>−2.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>16,335</td><td></td><td>−10.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>16,330</td><td></td><td>0.0%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>18,933</td><td></td><td>15.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>20,170</td><td></td><td>6.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>24,298</td><td></td><td>20.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>27,444</td><td></td><td>12.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>28,774</td><td></td><td>4.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2023 (est.)</th><td class="us-census-pop-estimate">29,959</td><td><sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>4.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790–1960<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900–1990<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990–2000<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2010<sup id="cite_ref-QF_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusQuickFacts_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusQuickFacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> </tbody></table><p>As of 2024, Cherokee County has the second-oldest population of any county in North Carolina. The county's median age is 52.2, just behind <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_North_Carolina" title="Brunswick County, North Carolina">Brunswick County</a>. Ten percent of Cherokee County residents are veterans; the county has the highest concentration of veterans in the state after counties with significant military and naval facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cherokee County ranks second in the state for residents age 16-24 who are neither in school nor employed.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2024, Cherokee County has the third-lowest per capita income in the state: $40,021. One-fourth of its children live in poverty.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption><b>Cherokee County, North Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition</b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000CensusP004_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000CensusP004-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-2010CensusP2_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010CensusP2-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>22,875 </td> <td>23,341 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">25,366 </td> <td>94.14% </td> <td>92.34% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">88.16% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>382 </td> <td>327 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">373 </td> <td>1.57% </td> <td>1.19% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>394 </td> <td>336 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">417 </td> <td>1.62% </td> <td>1.22% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1.45% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>68 </td> <td>131 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">158 </td> <td>0.28% </td> <td>0.48% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>3 </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0 </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">Other Race</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>2 </td> <td>3 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">66 </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td>0.01% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed race or Multiracial</a> (NH) </td> <td>271 </td> <td>610 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,495 </td> <td>1.12% </td> <td>2.22% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">5.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>303 </td> <td>688 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">899 </td> <td>1.25% </td> <td>2.51% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>24,298</b> </td> <td><b>27,444</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>28,774</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020 census</a>, there were 28,774 people, 12,471 households, and 8,465 families residing in the county. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000 census</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> there were 24,298 people, 10,336 households, and 7,369 families residing in the county. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 53 people per square mile (20 people/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 13,499 housing units at an average density of 30 units per square mile (12 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the county was 94.82% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">White</a>, 1.59% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Black</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">African American</a>, 1.63% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Native American</a>, 0.28% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Asian</a>, 0.01% <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Pacific Islander</a>, 0.45% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.21% from two or more races. 1.25% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">Latino</a> of any race. 34.3% were of <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American</a>, 10.8% <a href="/wiki/Irish_people" title="Irish people">Irish</a>, 10.6% <a href="/wiki/German_people" class="mw-redirect" title="German people">German</a> and 10.3% <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> ancestry according to <a href="/wiki/Census_2000" class="mw-redirect" title="Census 2000">Census 2000</a>. 97.7% spoke <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and 1.2% <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> as their first language. </p><p>There were 10,336 households, out of which 25.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.80% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 9.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.70% were non-families. 25.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.76. </p><p>In the county, the population was spread out, with 20.60% under the age of 18, 6.50% from 18 to 24, 24.40% from 25 to 44, 28.80% from 45 to 64, and 19.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.70 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the county was $27,992, and the median income for a family was $33,768. Males had a median income of $26,127 versus $18,908 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the county was $15,814. About 11.70% of families and 15.30% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 19.20% of those under age 18 and 18.00% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law,_government,_and_politics"><span id="Law.2C_government.2C_and_politics"></span>Law, government, and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Law, government, and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government">Government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mandated by the laws of the State of North Carolina, Cherokee County is governed by an elected five-member board of commissioners who each serve a four-year term. The board directs the actions of the appointed Cherokee County Manager. The commission, as of 2023, is composed of Ben Adams, Dr. Dan Eichenbaum, Jan Griggs (vice-chair), Randy Phillips, and Cal Stiles (chair). Maria Hass is the clerk to the board and Darryl Brown is the county attorney.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cherokee County is a member of the regional <a href="/wiki/Councils_of_governments_in_North_Carolina" title="Councils of governments in North Carolina">Southwestern Commission Council of Governments</a>. </p><p>Cherokee County faces more than $50 million in costs related to lawsuits over its <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services">Department of Social Services</a> practice of separating children from families with an unlawful form to bypass judicial approval.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Public_safety">Public safety</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Public safety"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sheriff_and_police">Sheriff and police</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Sheriff and police"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Court protection, jail management, and security for county owned property plus patrol and detective services for unincorporated county areas is provided by the Cherokee County Sheriff. The towns of Murphy and Andrews have municipal police departments. The Qualla Boundary tribal police provide security for the Cherokee Nation's Qualla Boundary territories throughout the county.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Fire_and_EMS">Fire and EMS</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Fire and EMS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fire protection is provided by thirteen all-volunteer fire departments in the county including those at Culberson and Murphy.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cherokee County Fire Inspector activity is part of the Cherokee County Building Code Enforcement Office.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Cherokee County, North Carolina<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2024 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">13,825 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>78.00%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,665 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">234 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2020 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,628 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>76.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,583 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">21.82% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">212 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2016 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,844 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>76.47%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,860 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">20.17% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">477 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.36% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2012 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,278 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>72.11%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,378 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">26.25% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">211 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2008 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,643 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>68.67%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,785 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.07% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">158 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.26% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2004 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,517 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.12%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,635 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">47 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,305 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.17%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,239 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.48% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">130 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1996 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,883 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>49.26%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,129 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.69% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">871 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1992 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,021 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>45.91%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,686 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.09% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,051 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1988 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,557 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.78%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,567 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35.93% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">21 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1984 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,894 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>63.73%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,776 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.15% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.12% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1980 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,849 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.37%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,114 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.99% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">116 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.64% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1976 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,210 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.88% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,571 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.15%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">67 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1972 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,113 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.28%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,411 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36.51% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">80 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.21% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,768 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.18%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,402 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33.90% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">915 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1964 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,106 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,823 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>55.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,294 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.32%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,197 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,830 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.40%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,843 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.60% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,228 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.98% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,363 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.02%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,615 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.93% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,771 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.73%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">186 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.34% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,625 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.41%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,582 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.59% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1940 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,674 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,180 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.32%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1936 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,214 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.06% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,473 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.94%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1932 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,131 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.14% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,348 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.48%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">25 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.38% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1928 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,239 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,911 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1924 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,314 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.73%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,742 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">23 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,506 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>58.73%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,761 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">41.27% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D8BFD8"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1916 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,362 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">50.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,362 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">50.00% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>0.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1912 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">734 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34.67% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">906 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>42.80%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">477 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">22.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1908 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,310 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>62.62%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">782 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.38% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">980 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.65%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">663 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.35% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,157 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>59.73%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">774 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.96% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">6 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.31% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">987 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.11%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">770 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.77% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.11% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D8BFD8"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">692 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.72% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">692 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.72% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">66 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>4.55%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1888 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">888 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">673 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.11% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1884 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">678 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.74%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">517 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">43.26% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_North_Carolina" title="1880 United States presidential election in North Carolina">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">649 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.34% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">722 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.66%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Politically, Cherokee County is dominated by the Republican Party.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No Democratic presidential candidate has carried Cherokee County since <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> in 1976, and the past six Republican candidates have all exceeded 65 percent of the county's vote, with <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> exceeding 75 percent in 2016, 2020, and 2024. </p><p>Cherokee County lies within the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_50th_Senate_district" title="North Carolina's 50th Senate district">50th State Senate district</a>, represented by Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Davis_(North_Carolina_politician)" title="Jim Davis (North Carolina politician)">Jim Davis</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">North Carolina Senate</a>. It lies within the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina%27s_120th_House_district" title="North Carolina's 120th House district">120th district</a>, and is represented by Republican <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Corbin" title="Kevin Corbin">Kevin Corbin</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">North Carolina House of Representatives</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_County_Schools_(North_Carolina)" title="Cherokee County Schools (North Carolina)">Cherokee County Schools</a> manages 13 schools including <a href="/wiki/Murphy_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="Murphy High School (North Carolina)">Murphy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrews_High_School_(North_Carolina)" title="Andrews High School (North Carolina)">Andrews</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hiwassee_Dam_High_School" title="Hiwassee Dam High School">Hiwassee Dam</a> high schools. The school system has a total enrollment of 3,081 students.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Higher education is offered at <a href="/wiki/Tri-County_Community_College" title="Tri-County Community College">Tri-County Community College</a> in Murphy. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/John_C._Campbell_Folk_School" title="John C. Campbell Folk School">John C. Campbell Folk School</a>, is located in <a href="/wiki/Brasstown,_North_Carolina" title="Brasstown, North Carolina">Brasstown</a>, an unincorporated village near Murphy. It exists partly in Cherokee County and partly in Clay County. This education center focuses on creative folk arts, music, and dance for all ages.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Local_TV_4_is_a_television_news_station_based_in_Murphy,_N.C.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Local_TV_4_is_a_television_news_station_based_in_Murphy%2C_N.C.jpg/220px-Local_TV_4_is_a_television_news_station_based_in_Murphy%2C_N.C.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Local_TV_4_is_a_television_news_station_based_in_Murphy%2C_N.C.jpg/330px-Local_TV_4_is_a_television_news_station_based_in_Murphy%2C_N.C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Local_TV_4_is_a_television_news_station_based_in_Murphy%2C_N.C.jpg/440px-Local_TV_4_is_a_television_news_station_based_in_Murphy%2C_N.C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2623" /></a><figcaption>Local TV 4 television station in Murphy</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Cherokee_Scout" title="Cherokee Scout">Cherokee Scout</a></i> has been published weekly in Murphy since 1889. After merging with <i>The Andrews Journal</i> on January 1, 2019, the <i>Scout</i> has been the only newspaper serving Cherokee County.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/WKRK_(AM)" title="WKRK (AM)">WKRK</a> 1320 AM, <a href="/wiki/WCVP_(AM)" title="WCVP (AM)">WCVP</a> 600 AM, and <a href="/wiki/WCNG" title="WCNG">WCNG</a> 102.7 FM are three radio stations currently broadcast from Murphy. </p><p>Local TV 4 is a Murphy-based television news station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Communities">Communities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Cherokee_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Map_of_Cherokee_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/300px-Map_of_Cherokee_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG" decoding="async" width="300" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Map_of_Cherokee_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/450px-Map_of_Cherokee_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Map_of_Cherokee_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG/600px-Map_of_Cherokee_County_North_Carolina_With_Municipal_and_Township_Labels.PNG 2x" data-file-width="686" data-file-height="398" /></a><figcaption>Map of Cherokee County with municipal and township labels</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Downtown_Andrews,_North_Carolina,_in_Cherokee_County_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Downtown_Andrews%2C_North_Carolina%2C_in_Cherokee_County_01.jpg/220px-Downtown_Andrews%2C_North_Carolina%2C_in_Cherokee_County_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Downtown_Andrews%2C_North_Carolina%2C_in_Cherokee_County_01.jpg/330px-Downtown_Andrews%2C_North_Carolina%2C_in_Cherokee_County_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Downtown_Andrews%2C_North_Carolina%2C_in_Cherokee_County_01.jpg/440px-Downtown_Andrews%2C_North_Carolina%2C_in_Cherokee_County_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2845" data-file-height="1965" /></a><figcaption>Downtown Andrews</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Towns">Towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrews,_North_Carolina" title="Andrews, North Carolina">Andrews</a> (largest community)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy,_North_Carolina" title="Murphy, North Carolina">Murphy</a> (county seat)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census-designated_place">Census-designated place</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Census-designated place"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marble,_North_Carolina" title="Marble, North Carolina">Marble</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Village">Village</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Village"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiwassee,_North_Carolina" title="Hiwassee, North Carolina">Hiwassee</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unincorporated_communities">Unincorporated communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Unincorporated communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellview,_North_Carolina" title="Bellview, North Carolina">Bellview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culberson,_North_Carolina" title="Culberson, North Carolina">Culberson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship,_Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Friendship, Cherokee County, North Carolina">Friendship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grape_Creek,_North_Carolina" title="Grape Creek, North Carolina">Grape Creek</a></li> <li>Hanging Dog</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hothouse,_North_Carolina" title="Hothouse, North Carolina">Hothouse</a></li> <li>Liberty</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martins_Creek,_North_Carolina" title="Martins Creek, North Carolina">Martins Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owl_Creek,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Owl Creek, North Carolina">Owl Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peachtree,_North_Carolina" title="Peachtree, North Carolina">Peachtree</a></li> <li>Ranger</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodo,_North_Carolina" title="Rhodo, North Carolina">Rhodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texana,_North_Carolina" title="Texana, North Carolina">Texana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomotla,_North_Carolina" title="Tomotla, North Carolina">Tomotla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topton,_North_Carolina" title="Topton, North Carolina">Topton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unaka,_North_Carolina" title="Unaka, North Carolina">Unaka</a></li> <li>Violet<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Wehutty</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Townships">Townships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Townships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Beaverdam</li> <li>Hothouse</li> <li>Murphy</li> <li>Notla</li> <li>Shoal Creek</li> <li>Valleytown</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_North_Carolina" title="List of counties in North Carolina">List of counties in North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, North Carolina">National Register of Historic Places listings in Cherokee County, North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Hiwassee_Highlands_AVA" title="Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA">Upper Hiwassee Highlands AVA</a>, wine region partially located in the county</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat"><span>County seat</span></a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Murphy,_North_Carolina" title="Murphy, North Carolina"><span>Murphy</span></a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrews,_North_Carolina" title="Andrews, North Carolina">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murphy,_North_Carolina" title="Murphy, North Carolina">Murphy</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/North_Carolina_Map_Highlighting_Cherokee_County.PNG/180px-North_Carolina_Map_Highlighting_Cherokee_County.PNG" decoding="async" width="180" 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title="Unincorporated area">Other<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellview,_North_Carolina" title="Bellview, North Carolina">Bellview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culberson,_North_Carolina" title="Culberson, North Carolina">Culberson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friendship,_Cherokee_County,_North_Carolina" title="Friendship, Cherokee County, North Carolina">Friendship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grape_Creek,_North_Carolina" title="Grape Creek, North Carolina">Grape Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiwassee,_North_Carolina" title="Hiwassee, North Carolina">Hiwassee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hothouse,_North_Carolina" title="Hothouse, North Carolina">Hothouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martins_Creek,_North_Carolina" title="Martins Creek, North Carolina">Martins Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ogreeta,_North_Carolina" title="Ogreeta, North Carolina">Ogreeta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owl_Creek,_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Owl Creek, North Carolina">Owl Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodo,_North_Carolina" title="Rhodo, North Carolina">Rhodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Texana,_North_Carolina" title="Texana, North Carolina">Texana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomotla,_North_Carolina" title="Tomotla, North Carolina">Tomotla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topton,_North_Carolina" title="Topton, North Carolina">Topton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unaka,_North_Carolina" title="Unaka, North Carolina">Unaka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qualla_Boundary" title="Qualla Boundary">Eastern Cherokee Reservation</a>‡</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:North_Carolina_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:North Carolina (state)"><span>North Carolina portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#North_Carolina" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina" title="Western North Carolina">Western</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#Foothills" title="Western North Carolina">Foothills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_North_Carolina#High_Country" title="Western North Carolina">High Country</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_North_Carolina" title="Central North Carolina">Piedmont</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Metrolina (Charlotte)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Triad" title="Piedmont Triad">Piedmont Triad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle" title="Research Triangle">Triangle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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Carolina">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord,_North_Carolina" title="Concord, North Carolina">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Point,_North_Carolina" title="High Point, North Carolina">High Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston‑Salem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_North_Carolina#A" title="List of municipalities in North Carolina">Smaller cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apex,_North_Carolina" title="Apex, North Carolina">Apex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina" title="Asheboro, North Carolina">Asheboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina" title="Asheville, North Carolina">Asheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Carolina" title="Burlington, North Carolina">Burlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrboro,_North_Carolina" title="Carrboro, North Carolina">Carrboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Chapel Hill, North Carolina">Chapel Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_North_Carolina" title="Clayton, North Carolina">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemmons,_North_Carolina" title="Clemmons, North Carolina">Clemmons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius,_North_Carolina" title="Cornelius, North Carolina">Cornelius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fuquay-Varina,_North_Carolina" title="Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina">Fuquay-Varina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garner,_North_Carolina" title="Garner, North Carolina">Garner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Springs,_North_Carolina" title="Holly Springs, North Carolina">Holly Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville,_North_Carolina" title="Huntersville, North Carolina">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina" title="Indian Trail, North Carolina">Indian Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_North_Carolina" title="Jacksonville, North Carolina">Jacksonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannapolis,_North_Carolina" title="Kannapolis, North Carolina">Kannapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kernersville,_North_Carolina" title="Kernersville, North Carolina">Kernersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinston,_North_Carolina" title="Kinston, North Carolina">Kinston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightdale,_North_Carolina" title="Knightdale, North Carolina">Knightdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland,_North_Carolina" title="Leland, North Carolina">Leland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_North_Carolina" title="Lexington, North Carolina">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthews,_North_Carolina" title="Matthews, North Carolina">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mint_Hill,_North_Carolina" title="Mint Hill, North Carolina">Mint Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe,_North_Carolina" title="Monroe, North Carolina">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mooresville,_North_Carolina" title="Mooresville, North Carolina">Mooresville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrisville,_North_Carolina" title="Morrisville, North Carolina">Morrisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bern,_North_Carolina" title="New Bern, North Carolina">New Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_North_Carolina" title="Rocky Mount, North Carolina">Rocky Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_North_Carolina" title="Salisbury, North Carolina">Salisbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanford,_North_Carolina" title="Sanford, North Carolina">Sanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby,_North_Carolina" title="Shelby, North Carolina">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statesville,_North_Carolina" title="Statesville, North Carolina">Statesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomasville,_North_Carolina" title="Thomasville, North Carolina">Thomasville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_Forest,_North_Carolina" title="Wake Forest, North Carolina">Wake Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waxhaw,_North_Carolina" title="Waxhaw, North Carolina">Waxhaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilson,_North_Carolina" title="Wilson, North Carolina">Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Towns_in_North_Carolina" title="Category:Towns in North Carolina">Major towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle,_North_Carolina" title="Albemarle, North Carolina">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone,_North_Carolina" title="Boone, North Carolina">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eden,_North_Carolina" title="Eden, North Carolina">Eden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham,_North_Carolina" title="Graham, North Carolina">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_North_Carolina" title="Harrisburg, North Carolina">Harrisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Havelock,_North_Carolina" title="Havelock, North Carolina">Havelock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henderson,_North_Carolina" title="Henderson, North Carolina">Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendersonville,_North_Carolina" title="Hendersonville, North Carolina">Hendersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Mills,_North_Carolina" title="Hope Mills, North Carolina">Hope Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Mountain,_North_Carolina" title="Kings Mountain, North Carolina">Kings Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurinburg,_North_Carolina" title="Laurinburg, North Carolina">Laurinburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenoir,_North_Carolina" title="Lenoir, North Carolina">Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewisville,_North_Carolina" title="Lewisville, North Carolina">Lewisville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumberton,_North_Carolina" title="Lumberton, North Carolina">Lumberton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morganton,_North_Carolina" title="Morganton, North Carolina">Morganton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morehead_City,_North_Carolina" title="Morehead City, North Carolina">Morehead City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton,_North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reidsville,_North_Carolina" title="Reidsville, North Carolina">Reidsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_Rapids,_North_Carolina" title="Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina">Roanoke Rapids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_North_Carolina" title="Smithfield, North Carolina">Smithfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Pines,_North_Carolina" title="Southern Pines, North Carolina">Southern Pines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarboro,_North_Carolina" title="Tarboro, North Carolina">Tarboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winterville,_North_Carolina" title="Winterville, North Carolina">Winterville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Carolina">Beaufort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bertie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bertie County, North Carolina">Bertie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bladen_County,_North_Carolina" title="Bladen County, North Carolina">Bladen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_North_Carolina" title="Brunswick County, North Carolina">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buncombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Buncombe County, North Carolina">Buncombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burke_County,_North_Carolina" title="Burke County, North Carolina">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabarrus_County,_North_Carolina" title="Cabarrus County, North Carolina">Cabarrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caldwell County, North Carolina">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_North_Carolina" title="Camden County, North Carolina">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carteret_County,_North_Carolina" title="Carteret County, North Carolina">Carteret</a></li> <li><a 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Carolina">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck_County,_North_Carolina" title="Currituck County, North Carolina">Currituck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dare_County,_North_Carolina" title="Dare County, North Carolina">Dare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davidson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davidson County, North Carolina">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davie_County,_North_Carolina" title="Davie County, North Carolina">Davie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Duplin County, North Carolina">Duplin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgecombe_County,_North_Carolina" title="Edgecombe County, North Carolina">Edgecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forsyth_County,_North_Carolina" title="Forsyth County, North Carolina">Forsyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_North_Carolina" title="Franklin County, North Carolina">Franklin</a></li> <li><a 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