Run a guided check
Scan Check Protect walks you through verifying your North Carolina registration and flags anything that needs fixing — free.
Start at Scan Check Protect →Cherokee County, North Carolina
Check your Cherokee County registration.
Confirm what North Carolina has on file first, then use Cherokee County's official election channels below.
About Cherokee County
Cherokee County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It borders Tennessee to its west and Georgia to its south. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,774. The county seat is Murphy.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
At a glance
Cherokee County at a glance
- County seat
- Murphy
- Population
- 28,774 (2020)
- Land area
- 467 sq mi
- Founded
- 1839
Communities
Largest communities in Cherokee County
- Andrews1,667
- Murphy county seat1,608
- Marble278
History of Cherokee County
This area was occupied for thousands of years by indigenous peoples who settled in the river valleys. It was part of the historic Cherokee homelands, a large territory composed of areas of what are now western Virginia, western North and South Carolina, eastern Tennessee, and northeastern Georgia. The area that would become Cherokee County was explored by Spanish conquistador Hernando DeSoto as early as 1540. In 1813, the first highway was built through the area. The Unicoi Turnpike was the first to link East Tennessee, North Georgia, and Western North Carolina. Early white farmers who wed Native Americans were granted property along the Nottley River in 1817. In 1819, the state line separating Cherokee County from Tennessee was surveyed. The plan was to follow the highest ridges to the Georgia line.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Next door
Neighboring counties
Start here
Confirm you're ready to vote in Cherokee County
Ask Cherokee County directly
Your county election office handles registration, mail ballots, and polling places.
Cherokee County election office →Official channels
Cherokee County election resources
Cherokee County election office · 828-837-6670. Statewide tools and every North Carolina resource in one place: the North Carolina page at Scan Check Protect →
Part of North Carolina Voter Check
This is the Cherokee County page of North Carolina Voter Check, a project of True the Vote, pointing North Carolina voters at the official tools that already exist — and at Scan Check Protect to verify your registration.
Where anything here differs from what Cherokee County or North Carolina State Board of Elections publishes, they are right and this page is not.