Dry Creek, OK

Dry Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The 2020 census counted 233 residents. Dry Creek is located in southeastern Cherokee County southeast of the head of Tenkiller Ferry Lake on the Illinois River. The CDP is bordered on the north and east by Dry Creek, an inlet to the lake; on the west by Oklahoma State Highway 82; and on the southwest by Elk Creek. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Dry Creek, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Dry Creek, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map.