Lake Cherokee, Texas


Lake Cherokee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gregg and Rusk counties, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,071 as of the 2010 census.

Geography

The community consists of housing development that surrounds Lake Cherokee, a reservoir on Cherokee Bayou, an east-flowing tributary of the Sabine River. Texas State Highway 149 forms the northern border of the CDP; the highway leads northwest to Longview and southeast to Carthage.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has an area of ; of its area is land, and is water. About three-quarters of the area of the CDP is within Rusk County, with the remainder in Gregg County. The county line follows the center of the lake for the lower half of its reach. The upstream half of the lake is entirely within Rusk County.