Cherokee City, Arkansas
Cherokee City, Arkansas | |
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Cherokee City southern limits, February 2013 | |
Location of Cherokee City in Benton County, Arkansas. | |
Cherokee City, Arkansas | |
| Coordinates: 36°17′54″N 94°34′40″W / 36.29833°N 94.57778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Benton |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.47 sq mi (1.21 km2) |
| • Land | 0.47 sq mi (1.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,155 ft (352 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 73 |
| • Density | 155.8/sq mi (60.17/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 479 |
| GNIS feature ID | 76597 |
Cherokee City is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 73. It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Coon Creek Bridge, which is located on Cty Rd. 24 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The community was named for the Cherokee, since the Trail of Tears crossed the landscape when the Cherokee migrated west to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma in the late 1830s. The town is within the Northwest Arkansas region, located about 5 miles east of Oklahoma and 4 miles south of the Missouri state line.