Cherokee
Cherokee is a town in the North Carolina Mountains within the Qualla Boundary, the proper name of the Cherokee Indian reserve.
- Town with about 2,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,980 feet (610 metres)
- Description: census designated place in North Carolina, United States
- Postal code: 28719
- Also known as“Cherokee, NC”“Cherokee, North Carolina”“Elawa diyi”“ᏣᎳᎩ”
Places of Interest
Discover Oconaluftee Indian Village and New Kituwah Academy.
Oconaluftee Indian Village
The Oconaluftee Indian Village is a replica…
New Kituwah Academy
School
The New Kituwah Academy, also known as the Atse…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ravensford.
Ravensford
Hamlet
Ravensford is an unincorporated community in Swain County, Western North Carolina.
2½ miles northeast of Cherokee
Cherokee
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Latitude
35.4766° or 35° 28′ 36″ north
Longitude
-83.319° or 83° 19′ 8″ west
Open location code
867RFMGJ+MC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Cherokee” goes by many names.
CherokeeBasque
CherokeeCebuano
ЧерокиChechen
CherokeeChinese
切罗基Chinese
切羅基Chinese
CherokeeDanish
چرؤکيGilaki
چرؤکي (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)Gilaki
CherokeeIrish
CherokeeItalian
CherokeeLadin
چرکیPersian
چرکی، کارولینای شمالیPersian
چروکیPersian
CherokeePolish
ЧерокиRussian
ЧерокиSerbian
CherokeeSerbo-Croatian
Cherokee, North CarolinaSerbo-Croatian
ЧерокиTatar
ЧерокіUkrainian
چیروکی، شمالی کیرولائناUrdu
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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