Lake Cherokee Texas Map

About Lake Cherokee, Texas

Lake Cherokee is a locality in Rusk County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,980. The population density is 93.6 people per km². Lake Cherokee is located at 32.3569°N, 94.6513°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 75652, 75603.

Lake Cherokee reflects the heavy, humid stillness of the East Texas piney woods, its surface a dark mirror for the towering loblolly and shortleaf pines that crowd the water’s edge. It lies 11.2 miles south-southeast of Longview, TX (from Longview, TX: bearing 152°T), and is situated 13.3 miles east of Kilgore. The landscape surrounding Lake Cherokee is defined by the slow, rhythmic transition of forest into pasture, where the earth is stained a deep, iron-rich red and the air carries the scent of damp loam and cooling resin. Six miles away, the landscape finds a quiet sanctuary at Martin Creek Lake State Park, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Holland Mountain marks the horizon, a reminder of the vast, varied terrain that stretches across this inland expanse.

Economic life around Lake Cherokee is tethered to the quiet persistence of the timber industry and the deep, subterranean rhythms of the oil patch, which have long dictated the pace of the local working day. The community thrives in the shadow of this extraction and growth, supported by the proximity of Cherokee Bayou, which meanders through the landscape just one mile away as a vital, slow-moving artery. Residents often venture toward the Martin Creek Lake State Park Trail to navigate the thick underbrush, finding a sense of order in the dense, shaded corridors of the woods. Life here is measured by the seasonal shift in the quality of the light, which turns a sharp, metallic gold as it filters through the canopy, illuminating a region where the weight of history is felt in the steady hum of mechanical pumps and the enduring, silent growth of the pines.

About This Lake Cherokee Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake Cherokee, Texas. Coordinates: 32.3569, -94.6513. 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 Lake Cherokee includes the ZIP code (75652, 75603), telephone area code (903), county seat of Rusk County (Henderson), and school district assignment (Tatum Independent 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.