THE LAKE CHEROKEE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Tertiary Uplands setting.
Lake Cherokee CDP has 12.3 square miles of land in Gregg County, Rusk County. Its Census reference point is in Tertiary Uplands, within South Central Plains.
The Piney Woods occupy irregular plains at the western edge of the southern forest belt. Pine and hardwood landscapes alternate with wider river corridors such as the Red River valley.
Regional context: South Central Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Lake Cherokee intersects 2 county geographies: Gregg County, Rusk County. A Lake Cherokee mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Lake Cherokee by land and water
The Census records 4.23 square miles of water within Lake Cherokee, or 25.6% of its total area. It is 22.9 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lake Cherokee CDP has 5 times the land area of nearby Easton city (2.45 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

