Cherokee County

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Cherokee County is a county in northeastern Oklahoma known for its rich Cherokee Nation heritage and the city of Tahlequah, the Cherokee Nation capital.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cherokee County canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
borders Adair County, Oklahoma
Delaware County, Oklahoma
Mayes County, Oklahoma
Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Wagoner County, Oklahoma
contains Fort Gibson Lake
Illinois River
Lake Tenkiller
Northeastern State University (main campus vicinity in Tahlequah)
Tahlequah
country United States
federalSubdivisionOf United States
hasCountyAbbreviation Cherokee Co., OK
hasCountyCodeType FIPS code
hasCountySeatFunction administrative center
hasCulturalRegion Green Country
Ozark Plateau area
linked to: Ozark Plateau
hasGovernmentType county government
hasHeritage Cherokee Nation heritage
hasHistoricAssociation Trail of Tears resettlement area
linked to: Trail of Tears
hasIndigenousNationAssociation Cherokee Nation
hasJudicialSeat Tahlequah
hasLawEnforcement Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office
hasMajorLake Fort Gibson Lake
Tenkiller Ferry Lake NERFINISHED
hasMajorRiver Illinois River
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasPrimaryEconomicSectors agriculture
education
recreation
tourism
hasRecognizedLanguage Cherokee
hasRegionalRole center of Cherokee Nation governance
hasSignificance capital area of Cherokee Nation
isWithin Cherokee Nation reservation
knownFor Cherokee cultural institutions
outdoor recreation on Illinois River
proximity to Lake Tenkiller
largestCity Tahlequah
locatedInRegion northeastern Oklahoma
namedAfter Cherokee Nation
Cherokee people
partOf Oklahoma
seat Tahlequah
state Oklahoma
timeZone Central Time Zone

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Green Country containsCounty Cherokee County
Wagoner County borderedBy Cherokee County
Muskogee County hasBorderWith Cherokee County
Mayes County bordersCounty Cherokee County
Fort Gibson Historic Site county Cherokee County