Georgia counties › Cherokee County
Cherokee County, Georgia
County seat: Canton
299,273population
424 sq miland area
1831established
705.83people per sq mi
Pulse budget dashboards
Cherokee County Pulse — county dashboardFY2026 adopted budget & FY2025 ACFR — verified figures
City of Canton Pulse — city dashboardFY2025 recommended budget & audited actuals (ACFR) — verified
Official websites
Cherokee County — official sitewww.cherokeecountyga.gov
Canton (county seat) — official sitewww.cantonga.gov
Official links last verified October 23, 2026 — each address was opened and confirmed to be the government it names.
Sources
- Population & density: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division — QuickFacts: Georgia (current population estimates), as compiled in Wikipedia, List of counties in Georgia.
- Land area: National Association of Counties, as compiled in the same list.
- County seat & year established: Wikipedia, List of counties in Georgia.
- Official websites: recorded from Wikipedia/Wikidata and content-verified October 23, 2026.
- Page accent: county colors from the logo on its official website; county-seat city colors from the logo on its official website — recorded October 2026.
Reference: Cherokee County on Wikipedia