COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1907 from the Tahlequah District in the Cherokee Nation.

COUNTY NAMED FOR:  The Cherokee Nation.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: An old Cherokee town named Talikwa or Tellico.

COURTHOUSES: Two - 1907 and 1979

STANDING: Two -

• The 1907 Courthouse was completed in 1867 as the Cherokee Nation Capitol.  It became the Cherokee County Courthouse in 1907 when Oklahoma became a state, and served in that capacity until 1979 when a new courthouse was built.  The building was returned to the Cherokee Nation and now functions for the Cherokee court system and election board. 
  
  
• Also standing is the 1979 Modern courthouse