Cherokee California Map

About Cherokee, California

Cherokee is a locality in Butte County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 88. The population density is 19.4 people per km². Cherokee is located at 39.6509°N, 121.5336°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 95959, 95379, 95965.

Cherokee sits amidst a fractured topography where the earth displays the scars of hydraulic mining, leaving behind a landscape of exposed red clay and weathered stone. It lies 9.2 miles north of Oroville, CA (from Oroville, CA: bearing 6°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Oroville East. The air here holds the dry, resinous scent of pine and manzanita, thinning as it climbs toward the distant horizon where the Cascade Range haunts the skyline like a jagged, spectral promise. Below the town’s uneven streets, Vinton Gulch cuts a deep, shadowed path through the earth, while the nearby West Branch Feather River draws a winding line of kinetic energy through the quiet brush. The stillness of Grub Flat Reservoir mirrors the vast, cloud-swept sky, acting as a singular, reflective center in a terrain defined by its rugged, unyielding geometry.

Cherokee remains a testament to the boom-and-bust rhythms of the gold-seeking era, its history written in the abandoned sluice boxes and the deep, man-made chasms that define the local terrain. Where once the ground was violently upturned for profit, the pace of life has settled into a slow, deliberate quiet, far removed from the frantic pace of the agricultural Central Valley. Residents move with a casual autonomy, their daily routines punctuated by the proximity of the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area, a sprawling expanse that offers a reprieve of water and wild space. In the long afternoons, the light turns a deep, bruised gold, illuminating the quartz-flecked soil and reminding any observer that Cherokee is a place where the earth itself dictates the terms of human endurance.

About This Cherokee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cherokee, California. Coordinates: 39.650877, -121.533646. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Cherokee includes the ZIP code (95959, 95379, 95965), telephone area code (408, 669, 530), county seat of Butte County (Oroville), and school district assignment (Golden Feather Union Elementary School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.