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The ePodunk map shows U.S. cities with the highest percentages of people of Cherokee ancestry. Learn about cities with Cherokee genealogy and find in-depth community information about the Cherokee ancestry cities.

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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 of Cherokee ancestry.

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 Cherokee 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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