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2009 Map of Cherokee North

Name: 2009 Topographic Map of Cherokee North
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2009
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2009

About this map

Cherokee serves as the focal point of this Alfalfa County landscape, where the town's organized street grid meets the expansive agricultural section lines of northern Oklahoma. The area is defined by a complex hydraulic network, most notably the winding course of the Salt Fork Arkansas River as it moves eastward. Further north, the Medicine Lodge River and its tributary, Driftwood Creek, cut through the plains, illustrating the drainage patterns that have historically shaped local land use and farm placement.

Genealogists and local historians will find the Stella Friends Academy Cemetery particularly significant, a landmark tied to the region's Quaker heritage and early educational efforts. Near the settlement, the Cherokee Municipal Airport and a series of numbered section roads, such as e0180 RD and n2620 RD, highlight the intersection of mid-century infrastructure and the traditional rural landscape. Along the southern edge, Cottonwood Creek meanders past the town, framing the community within the wider river valley ecosystem.