Lemonade stands inCherokee County

Green Country County seat: Tahlequah

This county is wide open. Put the first stand on it.

  • 0stands listed
  • $0tipped to stands here
  • 100%of every tip goes to the stand
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Cherokee County is up for grabs

The first stand listed here gets the whole county to itself — and the second one starts the county’s Cup.

Be the first in Cherokee County →How listing works

Listing is free, takes about two minutes, and a grown-up finishes the last step.

Running a lemonade stand in Cherokee County

Looking for a lemonade stand near Tahlequah or Hulbert? Every stand in Cherokee County shows up here the day it lists, and the lemonade stands open now light up on the map.

The lay of the land

Cherokee County is 749 square miles of lake country and Ozark foothills in northeast Oklahoma, home to about 47,000 people. Tahlequah is the county seat. The only other town is Hulbert. It touches Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Sequoyah, and Wagoner Counties.

  • 47,078people, 2020 Census
  • 749square miles
  • 31towns and places
★ TahlequahHulbert+29 more

Where stands set up here

In a county this size everybody knows where everybody sets up: the square or the main street in Tahlequah, a yard on the road into town, the field on game night. A stand here gets noticed by the whole county.

  • Your own yard or drivewayPrivate property. Yours. Nobody to ask.
  • A park, a market, the ball fieldsPublic. Ask whoever runs it, or city hall, first.
  • A church lot, a feed store, a shop’s porchAsk the owner. Most are glad to say yes.

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The law in Cherokee County

The same as everywhere in Oklahoma: a kid’s lemonade stand needs no permit, no license and no inspection under the state’s food freedom law, 2 O.S. § 5-4.3. The law asks for one sign at the stand, and the stand kit prints it. Towns can have their own rules for selling in public places — your own driveway is private.

Lemonade stand permit rules in OklahomaThe law, quoted

The County Cup here

No stand has listed in Cherokee County yet, so there is no race. The first stand to list takes the county’s Founder badge for good, and the second starts the race. Next door, Adair, Delaware, and Mayes are waiting too. The Summer 2027 season opens June 1; voting runs July 15 to August 24, with National Lemonade Day on August 20 right in the middle.

Cherokee County on the Cup mapHow to start a lemonade stand

Also in Green Country

Northeast Oklahoma — Tulsa, the lakes, the Ozark foothills.

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