Cherokee County, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee County, Texas, shaded from 180 ft on the south side to 770 ft on the north side
Elevation
770 ft 235 m620 ft 190 m550 ft 170 m400 ft 125 m260 ft 80 m180 ft 55 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cherokee County averages about 390 ft (120 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 180 ft on the south side to 770 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
390 ft 120 m
all land inside the county
Highest
770 ft 235 m
on the north side
Lowest
180 ft 55 m
on the south side

Cherokee County spans about 590 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land390 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
770 ft235 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, south to north

38 mi south to north through Jacksonville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee County, Texas, shaded from 180 ft on the south side to 770 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Texas, United States
Population
53,223 2024 est.
Land area
1,053.0 sq mi + 9.2 sq mi water
Density
51 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Smith County450 ft
  2. Henderson County410 ft
  3. Rusk County410 ft
  4. Cherokee County390 ft
  5. Anderson County380 ft
  6. Nacogdoches County330 ft
  7. Houston County310 ft
  8. Angelina County230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Texas183rd highest of 254
  • Counties in the United States2,484th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bradford Mountain730 ft
  • Ghent Mountain690 ft
  • Pryor Mountain690 ft
  • Mount Hope690 ft
  • Gray Mountain, Cherokee County690 ft
All 11 towns in Cherokee County by typical elevation
  1. Rusk560 ft
  2. Bullard partly500 ft
  3. Jacksonville490 ft
  4. Troup partly460 ft
  5. New Summerfield450 ft
  6. Alto430 ft
  7. Cuney400 ft
  8. Shadybrook390 ft
  9. Gallatin380 ft
  10. Wells330 ft
  11. Reklaw300 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.