The above map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Cherokee ancestry. Move your mouse over points on the map to see city names and percentages, and to link to in-depth community information.
CHEROKEE
More people trace their roots to the Cherokees than any other Native American tribe. In the 2000 census, 281,069 people in the U.S. claimed Cherokee ancestry. The largest concentration, obvious in the above map, is in Oklahoma.
The forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia, along the infamous Trail of Tears, led to the deaths of thousands. By 1839, all except the Eastern Band had been moved west.
ePodunk mapped the current Cherokee communities by percentage of population. The map and the following list show communities in which 1,000 or more people listed an ancestry group, and in which at least 2 percent of those people said they were Cherokee.
The links at left lead to information on other ethnicities.
Community |
Place type | % Cherokee |
Stilwell, OK | city | 48.57 |
Park Hill, OK | populated place | 41.54 |
Jay, OK | city | 36.66 |
Vian, OK | town | 33.26 |
Locust Grove, OK | town | 33.24 |
Salina, OK | town | 31.86 |
Westville, OK | town | 27.63 |
Tahlequah, OK | city | 23.7 |
Sallisaw, OK | city | 23.31 |
Chelsea, OK | city | 23.22 |
Warner, OK | town | 20.63 |
Fort Gibson, OK | town | 20.28 |
Muldrow, OK | town | 20.26 |
Fairland, OK | town | 18.24 |
Bushyhead, OK | populated place | 17.79 |
Vinita, OK | city | 17.54 |
Chouteau, OK | town | 16.47 |
Skiatook, OK | town | 16.25 |
Afton, OK | town | 16.01 |
Roland, OK | town | 15.48 |
Nowata, OK | city | 15.39 |
Pryor Creek, OK | city | 14.66 |
Picher, OK | city | 14.15 |
Inola, OK | town | 13.15 |
Wagoner, OK | city | 12.91 |
Claremore, OK | city | 12.9 |
Catoosa, OK | city | 12.74 |
Hominy, OK | city | 11.96 |
Barnsdall, OK | city | 11.62 |
Checotah, OK | city | 11.29 |
Miami, OK | city | 11.27 |
Collinsville, OK | city | 11.16 |
Muskogee, OK | city | 11.04 |
Grove, OK | city | 10.56 |
Turley, OK | populated place | 9.9 |
Dewey, OK | city | 9.81 |
Commerce, OK | city | 9.34 |
Pawhuska, OK | city | 9.31 |
Fairfax, OK | town | 8.36 |
Cleveland, OK | city | 7.98 |
Haskell, OK | town | 7.88 |
Coweta, OK | city | 7.77 |
Oakhurst, OK | populated place | 7.65 |
Drumright, OK | city | 7.61 |
Kiefer, OK | town | 7.21 |
Beggs, OK | city | 6.89 |
Mounds, OK | town | 6.68 |
Bartlesville, OK | city | 6.66 |
Yale, OK | city | 6.41 |
Caney, KS | township | 5.95 |
Glenpool, OK | city | 5.76 |
Sand Springs, OK | city | 5.69 |
Coffeyville, KS | city | 5.6 |
Fawn Creek, KS | township | 5.6 |
Stigler, OK | city | 5.49 |
Decatur, AR | city | 5.4 |
Morris, OK | city | 5.18 |
Sapulpa, OK | city | 5.02 |
Chetopa, KS | city | 5 |
Wister, OK | town | 4.99 |
Parker, KS | township | 4.95 |
Bryson City, NC | town | 4.82 |
Owasso, OK | city | 4.79 |
Baxter Springs, KS | city | 4.76 |
Goodman, MO | town | 4.65 |
Siloam Springs, AR | city | 4.57 |
Talihina, OK | town | 4.46 |
Seneca, MO | city | 4.36 |
Arkoma, OK | town | 4.22 |
Gentry, AR | city | 4.2 |
Wilburton, OK | city | 4.17 |
Henryetta, OK | city | 4.15 |
Prague, OK | city | 4.12 |
Bristow, OK | city | 4.09 |
Slaughterville, OK | town | 4.02 |
Blackwell, OK | city | 3.96 |
Mannford, OK | town | 3.96 |
Bixby, OK | city | 3.93 |
Chandler, OK | city | 3.8 |
Maud, OK | city | 3.79 |
Jenks, OK | city | 3.7 |
Eufaula, OK | city | 3.68 |
Tulsa, OK | city | 3.68 |
Poteau, OK | city | 3.65 |
Oilton, OK | city | 3.64 |
Pink, OK | town | 3.61 |
Spiro, OK | town | 3.59 |
Galena, KS | city | 3.5 |
New Market, AL | populated place | 3.49 |
Okemah, OK | city | 3.49 |
Caney, KS | city | 3.44 |
Broken Arrow, OK | city | 3.39 |
Hayfork, CA | populated place | 3.33 |
Cushing, OK | city | 3.33 |
Panama, OK | town | 3.3 |
Hartshorne, OK | city | 3.28 |
Stratford, OK | town | 3.26 |
Lincoln, AR | city | 3.25 |
Cedarville, AR | city | 3.18 |
Krebs, OK | city | 3.07 |
Pawnee, OK | city | 3.05 |
Byng, OK | town | 3.03 |
Moulton, AL | city | 3.01 |
Okmulgee, OK | city | 2.99 |
Noel, MO | city | 2.97 |
Newkirk, OK | city | 2.94 |
Covelo, CA | populated place | 2.89 |
Comanche, OK | city | 2.89 |
Winona, MO | city | 2.87 |
Stroud, OK | city | 2.86 |
Gravette, AR | city | 2.82 |
Harrah, OK | city | 2.8 |
McColl, SC | town | 2.76 |
Pocola, OK | town | 2.75 |
Anderson, MO | city | 2.69 |
Maysville, OK | town | 2.67 |
Cave Springs, AR | city | 2.63 |
Mount Pleasant, KS | township | 2.59 |
Perkins, OK | town | 2.51 |
Heavener, OK | city | 2.47 |
Bridgeport, AL | city | 2.46 |
McAlester, OK | city | 2.46 |
Holdenville, OK | city | 2.41 |
San Miguel, CA | populated place | 2.38 |
Drain, OR | city | 2.35 |
Van Buren, AR | city | 2.33 |
Broken Bow, OK | city | 2.32 |
Hugo, OK | city | 2.31 |
Bethel Acres, OK | town | 2.3 |
Coalgate, OK | city | 2.29 |
Colbert, OK | town | 2.25 |
Hinton, OK | town | 2.25 |
Calera, OK | town | 2.24 |
Foreman, AR | city | 2.22 |
Choctaw, OK | city | 2.19 |
Rush Springs, OK | town | 2.19 |
Huachuca City, AZ | town | 2.17 |
Ada, OK | city | 2.17 |
Oswego, KS | city | 2.15 |
Sylva, NC | town | 2.14 |
Boley, OK | town | 2.13 |
Spring Valley, KS | township | 2.09 |
Hydro, OK | town | 2.08 |
Ponca City, OK | city | 2.08 |
Wilson, OK | city | 2.08 |
Garden, KS | township | 2.07 |
Durant, OK | city | 2.07 |
Stillwater, OK | city | 2.07 |
McLoud, OK | town | 2.03 |
Tecumseh, OK | city | 2.03 |
Newcastle, OK | city | 2.02 |
Altamont, KS | city | 2.01 |
Seminole, OK | city | 2.01 |
Hazel Green, AL | populated place | 2 |
Moore, OK | city | 2 |
Sources: 2000 Census, U.S. Census Bureau; Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups, ed. Stephan Thernstrom; Ancestry: 2000,
U.S. Census Bureau (June 2004); The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2000,
U.S. Census Bureau (February 2002); ePodunk
Mapping by Daniel Shorter
-- November 2005
Other resources:
·
Cherokee message board
·
Cherokee National Historical Society
·
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
·
Native American genealogy
·
Native American records -
National Archives
·
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
·
Western Cherokee Nation
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