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Cherokee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census , its population was 50,412. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The county seat is Rusk , which lies 130 miles southeast of Dallas and 160 miles north of Houston . [ 3 ]
Protected areas of Cherokee County, Texas (2 P) Pages in category "Geography of Cherokee County, Texas" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
English: This is a locator map showing Cherokee County in Texas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
Jacksonville is a city located in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,997 at the 2020 U.S. census. [4] It is the principal city of the Jacksonville micropolitan statistical area, which includes all of Cherokee County. Jacksonville is located in East Texas, north of the county seat, Rusk, and south of Tyler, in Smith County.
The town was established by an act of the Texas Legislature on April 11, 1846. It was named after Thomas Jefferson Rusk, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. [6] By 1850, Rusk reportedly had 355 residents. A post office was authorized on March 8, 1847.
Alto is a town in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. With a population of 1,027 at the 2020 U.S. census , [ 4 ] Alto is the closest municipality to the Caddo Mounds State Historic Site , an archaeological site dating back to 800 BC, featuring a prehistoric village and ceremonial center.
The Neches River National Wildlife Refuge is a 7,000-acre (28 km 2) [1] protected area of Texas managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. It is located in the rolling hills of East Texas near Jacksonville. Encompassing the upper Neches River, the unit preserves a pristine waterway.
Wells is at the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm to Market Road 1247, twenty-three miles south of Rusk in extreme southern Cherokee County.It was established in 1885 as a stop on the newly constructed Kansas and Gulf Short Line Railroad and was named for Maj. E. H. Wells, a civil engineer for the railroad.