Cherokee Bluffs is an unincorporated community in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States.

The bluffs were a landmark in Tallapoosa County, and they were chosen as the first site on the Tallapoosa River for the creation of a dam and reservoir.

[2] Martin Dam was built at Cherokee Bluffs and completed in 1939.

During construction, the community had bathhouses, bunkhouses, a school, commissary, dining hall, recreation hall, camp hospital, and a barber shop.

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