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Cherokee
Cherokee Township

Cherokee

Cherokee is a city in and the county seat of , United States. The population was 5,199 at the 2020 Census, down from 5,369 in 2000.
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  • Type: Town with 5,200 residents
  • Description: city in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Cherokee, IA” and “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Postal code: 51012

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lewis Hotel and Cherokee Mental Health Institute.

Building
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a historic building located in Cherokee, Iowa, United States. Robert A. Lewis was a native who settled in the Cherokee area in 1872.

Hospital
The is a state-run psychiatric facility in Cherokee, Iowa. It opened in 1902 and is under the authority of the Iowa Department of Human Services.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meriden.

Village
is a city in , , United States. The population was 161 at the time of the 2020 census. is situated 5 miles northwest of Cherokee.

Cherokee

Latitude
42.74994° or 42° 44′ 60″ north
Longitude
-95.55482° or 95° 33′ 17″ west
Population
5,200
Elevation
1,194 feet (364 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CKE
Open location code
86J6PCXW+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151696928
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4851247
Wiki­data ID
Q595297
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cherokee” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيروكي”
  • Basque: “Cherokee”
  • Belarusian: “Чэрокі”
  • Catalan: “Cherokee”
  • Cebuano: “Cherokee”
  • Chechen: “Чероки”
  • Chinese: “Cherokee”
  • Chinese: “切罗基”
  • Dagbani: “Cherokee”
  • Danish: “Cherokee”
  • Dutch: “Cherokee”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شيروكى”
  • Esperanto: “Cherokee”
  • French: “Cherokee”
  • Galician: “Cherokee”
  • German: “Cherokee”
  • Gilaki: “چرؤکي (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “چرؤکي”
  • Haitian: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Haitian: “Cherokee”
  • Hebrew: “צ’ירוקי”
  • Hungarian: “Cherokee”
  • Ido: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Ido: “Cherokee”
  • Irish: “Cherokee”
  • Italian: “Cherokee”
  • Japanese: “チェロキー”
  • Kazakh: “Чероки”
  • Kirghiz: “Чероки”
  • Ladin: “Cherokee”
  • Malagasy: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Malagasy: “Cherokee”
  • Mazanderani: “چروکی (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “چروکی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Cherokee”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cherokee”
  • Persian: “چروکی”
  • Polish: “Cherokee”
  • Portuguese: “Cherokee”
  • Russian: “Чероки (Айова)”
  • Russian: “Чероки”
  • Serbian: “Cherokee”
  • Serbian: “Чероки”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cherokee”
  • Slovenian: “Cherokee”
  • South Azerbaijani: “چروکی، آیووا”
  • Spanish: “Cherokee (Iowa)”
  • Spanish: “Cherokee”
  • Swedish: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Cherokee”
  • Tatar: “Чероки”
  • Turkish: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Cherokee”
  • Ukrainian: “Черокі”
  • Urdu: “چروکی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “چروکی”
  • Vietnamese: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Cherokee”
  • Volapük: “Cherokee”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cherokee”
  • Welsh: “Cherokee, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Cherokee”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and Cross Roads Christian Church.

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