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Cherokee County Resource Offices
Alabama Cooperative Extension System 256-927-3250  
Forestry Commission 256-927-3163  
Natural Resource Conservation Service/Farm Service Agency 256-927-8732  
Soil and Water Conservation Committee 256-927-8732  
United States Forest Service 334-832-4470  

                 

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President Don Coley 256) 927-8642
Vice President Billy Joe Johnson (256) 927-8590
Secretary  Tim Chesnut (706) 936-0699
Treasurer Freddy Reynolds (256) 927-8341
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Cherokee County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1836 Jan. 9. It was named for the Cherokee Indians, who ceded the land that now comprises the county to the Federal government by the treaty of New Echota, 1835 Dec. 29. Cherokee County is located in the northeastern portion of the state, in the Appalachian Mountains. It is bordered on the north by DeKalb County, on the west by Etowah County, on the south by Calhoun and Cleburne, and the east by Chattooga and Floyd Counties, GA.

For the first ten years, the residents of Cherokee County quarrelled over the location of a county seat. In 1837, the AL legislature authorized the seat of county government to be established at Cedar Bluff. In 1844 an election was held and the county seat was moved to the town of Centre. Other towns and communities include Jamestown, Gaylesville, Forney, and Rock Run.

Authority:
Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921.

 

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Most Recent Revision: 08/20/08