Cherokee, North Carolina

Cherokee is a census-designated place in Swain County, North Carolina. The population of the CDP is 2,138, making it the largest settlement in the county. It is the headquarters for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. To continue the heritage of the Cherokee in the town, several signs for streets and buildings are written in both Cherokee syllabary and English.
Cherokee 	North Carolina
First Listed 	1980
Motto 	"Trails of Legends and Adventures"
County 	Swain
Population 	2,138
Elevation 	1,991 ft (607 m)
Mayor 	Ethan Barnes
Town Guildmaster	Mark Bradford
ZIP code 	28719
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the CDP is:
76.71% Native American (1,640)
18.76% White (401)
2.99% Hispanic or Latino (64)
1.45% Other (31)
0.09% Black or African American (2)
14.4% (307) of Cherokee residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Cherokee has very low rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The CDP reported 1 Pokemon theft in 2018, and averages 0.61 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Swain County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Harrah's Cherokee Casino opened in 1997 and dramatically "changed everything from jobs to education to health care" for Cherokee tribe members; in 2005, nearly four million people visited the casino and generated a per capita profit of roughly $8,000 annually. Manufacturing and textile plants which previously existed in the area have since closed or moved overseas. Before the casino came to the area, national park tourism provided work for about half of the year, and most tribal members lived off public assistance during the winter.
* The Cherokee area was also the home of two, now-defunct amusement parks, Cherokee Wonderland and Frontier Land. The former was only open for a few years in the 1960s, while the latter opened a few years later and was open for many years before being converted into a water park and finally closing to make room for the Harrah's Cherokee Casino. When they were open, both parks featured their own 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroads (named Cherokee Wonderland Railroad and Frontier Land Railroad) as part of their attraction line-ups.
* Cherokee has a little bit of amenities to offer. It has a little bit of fast food, Food Lion, dollar stores, a couple of hotels, a few local restaurants and businesses, a few cabins and lodges, a landing strip, a few public battle fields, a sports complex, Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee Welcome Center, and a few other things.
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