Welcome to Cherokee County Alabama.
We are proud to be part of The Heart of Dixie Project. 

We look forward to gathering and adding records to help researchers.  Due to the tremendous amount of work and effort it takes to gather, transcribe and compile information for the county sites I/we do not have the time to do individual research. We will do our best to provide you with the resources for your research by placing records we acquire and request you help in our efforts by submitting your records to Margie Daniels.

Cherokee County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1836 Jan. 9. It was named for the Cherokee Indians, who ceded the land that now comprises the county to the Federal government by the treaty of New Echota, 1835 Dec. 29. Cherokee County is located in the northeastern portion of the state, in the Appalachian Mountains. Cherokee County encompasses 553 square miles. It is bordered on the north by DeKalb County, on the west by Etowah County, on the south by Calhoun and Cleburne, and the east by  Chattooga and  Floyd Counties, GA.
For the first ten years, the residents of Cherokee County quarreled over the location of a county seat. In 1837, the AL legislature authorized the seat of county government to be established at Cedar Bluff. In 1844 an election was held and the county seat was moved to the town of Centre. Other towns and communities include Jamestown, Gaylesville, Forney, and Rock Run.

• Clerk of Circuit Court, Main Street, Centre, AL 35960, Phone (256) 927-3363, (256) 927-3378
  Court Records from 1882
• Clerk of Probate Court, Main Street, Centre, AL 35960, Phone (256) 927-3363, (256) 927-3378
  Marriage Records from 1882 , Probate Records from 1882 and Land Records from 1882
• Cherokee County Health Department
  Birth Records from 1908, Death record from 1908

• Coosa River Valley Historical and Genealogical Society, PO Box 295, Centre, AL 35960
• Cherokee County Genealogical Society, Box 90, Spring Garden, AL 36275,Newsletter approx every 3 months
• Centre Library, Phone 256-927-5838
• Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society, PO Box 8268, Gadsden, AL 35902
  Publication: Northeast Alabama Settlers
• Alabama Department of Archives & History
  624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0100; Phone: (334) 242-4435
•  The Wallace State College
  The library may be reached by calling 256-352-8260 or by e-mail (library@wallacestate.edu).
  Wallace State has the Alabama Death records
   

• AlGenWeb Cherokee Al.

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