Cherokee is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

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, in the

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History

Cherokee was

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ted in 1832, and named after nearby

Cherokee Mans Run Cherokee Mans Run (also called Cherokee Creek) is a stream located entirely within Logan County, Ohio. Cherokee Mans Run was named for a Cherokee Indian who settled there. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Gr ...

. A post office was established at Cherokee in 1832, and remained in operation until 1849.

References

Unincorporated communities in Logan County, Ohio 1832 establishments in Ohio Populated places established in 1832 Unincorporated communities in Ohio {{LoganCountyOH-geo-stub