Caney, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Caney, Oklahoma
Caney, Oklahoma
Census-designated place
	Caney Caney
	Coordinates: 35°50′05″N 94°51′30″W / 35.83472°N 94.85833°W
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Cherokee
Area
• Total	11.29 sq mi (29.24 km2)
• Land	11.27 sq mi (29.19 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	382
• Density	33.90/sq mi (13.09/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	74471 (Welling)
Area code(s)	918/539
FIPS code	40-11562
GNIS feature ID	2807000

Caney is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States, within the Cherokee Nation. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.^[2] It includes the unincorporated community of Tailholt.

The CDP is in eastern Cherokee County, bordered to the south by Tenkiller, to the west by Etta, to the north by Welling, and to the east by Adair County. By road, it is 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Tahlequah, the county seat.

The majority of the CDP is drained by Caney Creek, which flows southwest to join the Illinois River in Tenkiller Ferry Lake. 1,220-foot-high (370 m) Sugar Mountain occupies the western part of the CDP, rising 400 feet (120 m) above the surrounding countryside.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	382		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caney, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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[TigerWebMapServer-1] "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.

[gnis-2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caney, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States
County seat: Tahlequah
City	Tahlequah	Cherokee County map
Towns	Fort Gibson‡ Hulbert Oaks‡
CDPs	Barber Briggs Caney Caney Ridge Cookson Dry Creek Eldon Etta Gideon Grandview Johnson Prairie Keys Lost City Lowrey Moodys Norwood‡ Park Hill Peggs Pettit Pumpkin Hollow Rocky Ford‡ Shady Grove Sparrowhawk Steely Hollow Tenkiller Teresita Welling Woodall Zeb
Other community	Qualls
Indian reservation	Cherokee Nation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Caney, Oklahoma
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°50′05″N 94°51′30″W / 35.83472°N 94.85833°W / 35.83472; -94.85833
Country	United States
State	Oklahoma
County	Cherokee
Area ^[1]
• Total	11.29 sq mi (29.24 km²)
• Land	11.27 sq mi (29.19 km²)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²)
Elevation ^[2]	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	382
• Density	33.90/sq mi (13.09/km²)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	74471 (Welling)
Area code(s)	918/539
FIPS code	40-11562
GNIS feature ID	2807000^[2]