THE CHEROKEE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cherokee Plains setting.
Cherokee township has 22 square miles of land in Cherokee County. Its Census reference point is in Cherokee Plains, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cherokee and Cherokee County
Cherokee is associated with Cherokee County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Cherokee by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Cherokee, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Cherokee County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cherokee township has 19.3 times the land area of nearby Weir city (1.14 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

