{{Short description|Village in the Abaco Islands of The Bahamas}} '''Cherokee Sound''' is a small village in the Abaco Islands of The Bahamas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cherokee Sound {{!}} The Bahamas |url=https://bahamasgeotourism.com/entries/cherokee-sound/47b2274a-3cdc-4a7c-8ba0-55748de99327 |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=bahamasgeotourism.com |language=en}}</ref> It is one of the oldest settlements in the country.
== History == In the 1790s, a group of Loyalists from the Carolinas arrived on the islands via Florida, and founded Cherokee Sound.<ref>{{cite web |title=Abaco Island, The Bahamas |url=http://www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/ncllp/sites/abaco.php |access-date=30 May 2015 |work=North Carolina Language and Life Project |publisher=North Carolina State University}}</ref>
In 1965, the Cherokee Sound had an airport identified by Federal Aviation Administration IATA code CQZ.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.seneam.gob.mx/transparencia/archivos/Docto_7350_IATA.pdf|page=64|title=LOCATION IDENTIFIERS 7350.1|website=gob.mx}}</ref>
== Politics == Cherokee Sound is part of the Central and South Abaco constituency for elections to the Parliament of the Bahamas.
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Category:Populated places in the Bahamas Category:Abaco Islands
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