The highest elevation is 6,643-foot (2,025 m) Clingman's Dome at the border with Tennessee.

As a census-designated place (CDP), Cherokee overlaps most or part of three of the seven communities of the Qualla Boundary: Painttown, Wolftown, and Yellowhill.Ĭherokee and its surrounding Qualla Boundary is in the very mountainous Swain and Jackson counties. To continue the heritage of the Cherokee in the town, several signs for Cherokee's streets and buildings are written in both Cherokee syllabary and English. In the 1870s, the Eastern Band purchased the land for what is called the 'Qualla Boundary'. The Oconaluftee River flows through the town and is popular for tubing.Ĭherokee is the capital of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and part of the traditional homelands of the Cherokee people. Cherokee serves as the southern terminus of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Cherokee Historical Association runs the Oconaluftee Indian Village, a living-history museum, as well as the popular outdoor drama Unto These Hills, and is associated with the Museum of the Cherokee Indian.

The community also serves as a tourist destination, with numerous campgrounds, motels, and hotels serving visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with a major entrance to the park lying within the community. It is the capital of the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, one of three recognized Cherokee tribes and the only one in North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the CDP had a population of 2,195. Cherokee is located in the Oconaluftee River Valley around the intersection of U.S.

Cherokee / ˈ tʃ ɛr ə ˌ k iː/ ( Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩ, romanized: Tsalagi) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Swain and Jackson counties in Western North Carolina, United States, within the Qualla Boundary land trust.

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