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Cherokee is situated along U.S. Route 72 west of Muscle Shoals and a few miles east of the Alabama-Mississippi state line. The Tennessee River passes to the northeast. Via US-72, Tuscumbia, the county seat of Colbert County, is 18 mi (29 km) east, and Iuka, Mississippi is 14 mi (23 km) northwest.
The Cherokee traditionally observed a seven day period of mourning. Seven is a spiritually significant number to the Cherokee as it is believed to represent the highest degree of purity and sacredness. The number seven can be seen repeatedly across Cherokee culture, including in the number of clans, and in purifying rituals after death. [6]
Key Underwood established the cemetery on September 4, 1937, interring his coon dog, Troop, in an old hunting camp [5] [6] [7] located in rural Colbert County, Alabama, US. The closest town is Cherokee, Alabama. [8] [9] At the time, Underwood only intended to bury Troop in a place they had coon hunted together for 15 years. The memorial was a ...
Cherokee County, Alabama is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,971. [1]
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Morrison Crossroads (also known as Morrison Crossroad) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Randolph County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 219 as of the 2010 census .
Pages in category "People from Cherokee County, Alabama" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Broomtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Alabama, United States.As of the 2010 census, its population was 182. [3]It was named for Chief Broom (Broomstown) of the Cherokee Nation, whose people occupied the area from the late eighteenth century into the 1830s. [4]