Andrews, North Carolina

Andrews is a town in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census.GeographyAndrews is located in northeastern Cherokee County at, on the south side of the Valley River, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Hiwassee River and part of the Tennessee River watershed.U.S. Routes 19, 74, and U.S. Route 129 form a four-lane bypass around the northern edge of the town; the highways lead northeast 8mi to Topton, where they diverge, and southwest to Murphy, the county seat. Bryson City is northeast via US 19/74, and Robbinsville is north via US 129.According to the United States Census Bureau, Andrews has a total area of 4.2km2, all of it land.Valleytown Township dominates the eastern part of Cherokee County. The area is bordered by Graham County to the north, Clay County to the south, and Macon County to the east. Within the township are the towns of Marble in the west, Andrews at the center, and Topton in the far east at the Macon and Graham county lines. The Valley River, once known by the Cherokee name Gunahita, meaning "long", begins near Topton and meanders southwesterly until it meets the Hiwassee River below Murphy.