For pre-formatted natality & mortality data please see Vital Statistics Reports (VSR).

For other health data resources please see the Health Data & Info section.

Health Care
Cherokee County had 2.8 licensed nursing home beds per 100 persons in 1999, compared with the state average of 5.5 per 100 persons. In 1999, the number of physicians in the county per 10,000 persons was 6.4, compared to the state average of 19.3. For more community indicators, please go to OASIS .

History*

Cherokee County was formed in 1830 from lands previously held by the Cherokee Indians. Its 6,900 square miles were subseqently divided into 24 other counties.

Some of the notable people who have called Cherokee County home include two state governors, Joseph E. Brown and Joseph M. Brown, and two Rhodes Scholars, Dean Rusk and Eugene Booth. Rusk was U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

Lake Allatoona, an 11,860-acre lake, is the center of recreational activities in Cherokee County. The lake is best known for the many recreational opportunities it provides for more than nine million visitors each year.