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Welcome to Turkestan ...

So far, we found very little information about Turkestan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Turkestan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Turkestan, please Contact Us.


Turkestan would have been located within present day Monroe County<2>.


The location of Turkestan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Turkestan, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Turkestan is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Turkestan was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Turkestan ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Turkestan.

  • Camden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camden have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Camden is located in Wilcox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,694 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <5>
  • Vredenburgh
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vredenburgh have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vredenburgh
    • Vredenburgh is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 284 people
  • Beatrice
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beatrice have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beatrice
    • Beatrice is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 271 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beatrice <5>
  • Pine Apple
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Apple
    • Pine Apple is located in Wilcox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 129 people
  • Oak Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Oak Hill is located in Wilcox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23 people
  • Buena Vista
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
    • Buena Vista is located in Monroe County
  • McWilliams
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McWilliams have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
    • McWilliams is located in Wilcox County
  • Natchez
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natchez have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
    • Natchez is located in Monroe County
  • Lovan ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lovan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovan
    • Lovan is located in Monroe County
  • Caledonia
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Caledonia have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
    • Caledonia is located in Wilcox County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Turkestan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Turkestan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Turkestan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turkestan.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Turkestan. See our Newspapers Page for Turkestan.

Adding Turkestan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Turkestan in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Turkestan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Turkestan post office opened in 1888.

We also found Turkestan in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Turkestan.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Turkestan, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turkestan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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