Cherokee

Cherokee County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,216. The county seat is . The county was formed in 1897 from parts of , , and counties.
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  • Type: County with 55,300 residents
  • Description: county in South Carolina, United States
  • Also known as: Cherokee County”, “Cherokee County, SC”, and “Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gaffney and Draytonville.

Town
is a city in and the seat of Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, in the of South Carolina. is known as the "Peach Capital of South Carolina".

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, , United States. It lies near the city of .

Cherokee

Latitude
35.0373° or 35° 2′ 14″ north
Longitude
-81.6481° or 81° 38′ 53″ west
Population
55,300
Elevation
791 feet (241 metres)
Open location code
867W29P2+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316990207
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4574428
Wiki­data ID
Q619609
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Cherokee” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Cherokee County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة شيروكي
  • Armenian: Չերոկի շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Cherokee
  • Basque: Cherokee konderria
  • Bavarian: Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • Bavarian: Cherokee County
  • Bishnupriya: চেরুকী কাউন্টি, সাউথ ক্যারোলাইনা
  • Bishnupriya: চেরুকী কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Чероки
  • Catalan: comtat de Cherokee
  • Cebuano: Cherokee County
  • Chechen: Чероки (гуо, Къилба Каролина)
  • Chechen: Чероки
  • Chinese: Cherokee Kūn
  • Chinese: 切罗基县
  • Chinese: 切羅基縣
  • Dutch: Cherokee County
  • Esperanto: Cherokee County
  • Esperanto: kantono Ĉeroka
  • Esperanto: kantono Cherokee
  • Esperanto: Kantono Cherokee
  • Finnish: Cherokeen piirikunta
  • French: Cherokee County
  • French: comté de Cherokee
  • French: Comté de Cherokee
  • Georgian: ჩეროკის ოლქი
  • German: Cherokee County
  • Gilaki: چروکی ٚ شأرستان (نسايي کارؤلينا)
  • Gilaki: چروکی ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: κομητεία Τσερόκι
  • Greek: Κομητεία Τσερόκι
  • Hungarian: Cherokee megye
  • Irish: Contae Cherokee, Carolina Theas
  • Irish: Contae Cherokee
  • Italian: Cherokee County
  • Italian: contea di Cherokee
  • Italian: Contea di Cherokee
  • Japanese: チェロキー郡
  • Korean: 체로키군
  • Low German: Cherokee County
  • Mazanderani: چروکی شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Cherokee Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cherokee Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cherokee County i Sør-Carolina
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cherokee County
  • Norwegian: Cherokee County
  • Ossetian: Чероки (зылд, Хуссар Каролинæ)
  • Ossetian: Чероки
  • Persian: شهرستان چروکی، کارولینای جنوبی
  • Persian: شهرستان چروکی
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Cherokee
  • Portuguese: Cherokee County
  • Portuguese: condado de Cherokee
  • Portuguese: Condado de Cherokee
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cherokee, Carolina de Sud
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cherokee
  • Russian: Чероки
  • Sardinian: contea de Cherokee
  • Serbian: Cherokee County
  • Serbian: Округ Чероки
  • Serbian: Цхерокее Цоунтy, Соутх Царолина
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cherokee County
  • Slovenian: Cherokee County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Cherokee
  • Spanish: Cherokee County
  • Spanish: condado de Cherokee
  • Spanish: Condado de Cherokee
  • Swedish: Cherokee County, South Carolina
  • Swedish: Cherokee County
  • Tatar: Чероки (округ, Көньяк Каролина)
  • Tatar: Чероки
  • Turkish: Cherokee County, Güney Karolina
  • Turkish: Cherokee County, S.C.
  • Turkish: Cherokee County, SC
  • Turkish: Cherokee County
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi, Güney Karolina
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi, S.C.
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi, SC
  • Turkish: Cherokee ilçesi
  • Turkish: Cherokee ili, Güney Karolina
  • Ukrainian: Черокі
  • Urdu: چروکی کاؤنٹی، جنوبی کیرولائنا
  • Venetian: contea de Cherokee
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cherokee, Nam Carolina
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cherokee, South Carolina
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cherokee
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cherokee, South Carolina
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cherokee
  • Welsh: Cherokee County, De Carolina
  • Welsh: Cherokee County
  • Western Panjabi: چیروکی کاؤنٹی، ساؤتھ کیرولائنا
  • Western Panjabi: چیروکی کاؤنٹی

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Berry Memorial Church and Park Hills Baptist Gaffney.

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