Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Keys, OK

Keys is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, so it has no municipal government of its own.

Keys grew explosively in the 2010s — its population jumped 82.3%, from 565 in the 2010 census to 1,030 in the 2020 census.

The 2020 census counted 377 households and 445 housing units in Keys, and every one of its residents was classified as rural.

Keys sits in the heart of the Cherokee Nation, and Native American residents made up 34.7% of its 2020 population, with another 18.6% identifying as two or more races.

The eastern edge of the Keys CDP is bordered by the Illinois River at the northern end of Tenkiller Ferry Lake, also known as Lake Tenkiller.

Oklahoma State Highway 82 runs along the western and southern edges of Keys, leading about 8 miles north to Tahlequah, the Cherokee County seat and capital of the Cherokee Nation.

Keys is bordered by the community of Park Hill to the north and by Pettit to the south, and Cherokee Landing State Park on Tenkiller Ferry Lake lies about 5 miles to the southeast.

Keys has its own school, Keys School, whose mascot is the Cougar and whose colors are red and white; the school district recently added a high school.

The Keys CDP covers roughly 5.5 square miles south of the center of Cherokee County, at an elevation of about 961 feet.