Barber, OK

Barber is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States, in the Cherokee Nation. The 2020 census counted 303 residents. Barber was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in southeastern Cherokee County, bordered to the north by Tenkiller, to the west by Caney Ridge, to the southwest by Dry Creek, and to the northeast by Rocky Mountain in Adair County. In Barber, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Barber, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Oklahoma State Highway 100 passes through Barber, leading east 13 miles to Stilwell and west 4 miles to Highway 82 at Tenkiller Ferry Lake.