Cherokee City is an unincorporated census-designated place in Benton County , Arkansas , United States . As of the 2010 census , its population is 72 . It is the location of ( or is the nearest community to ) Coon Creek Bridge , which is located on Cty Rd. 24 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The community was named for the Cherokee Indians , since the Trail of Tears crossed the landscape when the Cherokee migrated west to Indian territory , now Oklahoma in the late 1830s . The town is about 5 miles east of Oklahoma and 4 miles south of the Missouri state line
Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Cherokee City, Arkansas