Cherry Log, Georgia

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|official_name = Cherry Log, Georgia

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
Census-designated place

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|pushpin_label = Cherry
Log

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|subdivision_name = United States

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|subdivision_name1 = Georgia

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Gilmer

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|area_total_km2 = 2.96

|area_land_km2 = 2.94

|area_water_km2 = 0.02

|area_total_sq_mi = 1.14

|area_land_sq_mi = 1.14

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

|population_as_of = 2020

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|population_total = 99

|population_density_km2 = 33.66

|population_density_sq_mi = 87.22

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|timezone_DST = EDT

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|elevation_ft = 1670

|coordinates = {{coord|34|46|49|N|84|23|27|W|region:US-GA|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 30522

|area_code = 706 & 762

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|blank_info = 2587029{{cite gnis|2587029|Cherry Log Census Designated Place}}

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Cherry Log is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 99 as of the 2020 census. Cherry Log has a post office with ZIP code 30522.{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=January 2, 2015|author=United States Postal Service}} U.S. Route 76 passes through the community. Through the heart of Cherry Log runs Cherry Log Street, on which is found the Post Office, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Cherry Log Christian Church, and the Pink Pig, a restaurant in operation since 1950.{{Cite web|url=https://www.southernfoodways.org/interview/the-pink-pig/|title = The Pink Pig | Southern Foodways Alliance - Southern Foodways Alliance|date = 28 February 2008}}

"Cherry Log" is the English translation of the former Cherokee village which once stood at the present town site.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/c.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=42 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}

In 2016, the {{vanchor|Expedition Bigfoot: The Sasquatch Museum}} opened in Cherry Log.{{citation|title=New North Georgia museum explores legend of 'Bigfoot'|date=February 17, 2016|author= Paul Milliken|publisher=WAGA-TV (Fox 5 Atlanta) News|url=http://www.fox5atlanta.com/good-day/new-north-georgia-museum-explores-legend-of-bigfoot}}

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2010= 119

|2020= 99

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=}}
1850-1870{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1870 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1870|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1870/population/1870a-13.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1870-1880{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1880 Census of Population - Georgia - Population of Civil Divisions less than Counties |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1880|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1880/vol-01-population/1880_v1-09.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}}
1890-1910{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1910 Census of Population - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1910/abstract/supplement-ga.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|page=}} 1920-1930{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1930 Census of Population - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1930|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/03815512v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=|pages=251–256}}
1940{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1940 Census of Population - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1940|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1940/population-volume-1/33973538v1ch04.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1950{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1950 Census of Population - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1950/population-volume-2/37779083v2p11ch2.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1960{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1960 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1960|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/vol-01-12-c.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
1970{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1970 Census of Population - Population of County Subdivisions - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1970|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1970a_ga-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1980{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1980 Census of Population - Number of Inhabitants - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1980|url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1980a_gaABC-01.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 1990{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 1990 Census of Population - Summary Social, Economic, and Housing Characteristics - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 1990|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cph-5/cph-5-12.pdf|accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}
2000{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= 2000 Census of Population - General Population Characteristics - Georgia |website=United States Census Bureau|date= 2000|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2003/dec/phc-3-12.pdf |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}} 2010 2020

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Cherry Log was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census.

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|+Cherry Log CDP, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cherry Log CDP, Georgia |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1315844&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!{{partial|Pop 2020}}{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cherry Log CDP, Georgia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1315844&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2010

!{{partial|% 2020}}

White alone (NH)

|118

|style='background: #ffffe6; |93

|99.16%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |93.94%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.02%

Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)