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Welcome to Turkey Town ...

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

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


Turkey Town would have been located within present day Cherokee County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Turkey Town, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Turkey Town is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Turkey Town (for example, toward Cave Spring (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The location where Turkey Town once stood is in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes.

Communities near Turkey Town ...

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

  • Gadsden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Glencoe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glencoe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
    • Glencoe is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,080 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glencoe <6>
  • Piedmont
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Piedmont have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piedmont
    • Piedmont is located in Calhoun County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,470 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Piedmont <6>
  • Hokes Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hokes Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hokes Bluff
    • Hokes Bluff is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,240 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hokes Bluff <6>
  • Collinsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Bluff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cedar Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Bluff
    • Cedar Bluff is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,829 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cedar Bluff <6>
  • Leesburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Etna
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Etna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Etna
    • Etna is located in Polk County (GA)
    • Estimated population in 2019: 902 people
  • Sand Rock
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Rock
    • Sand Rock is located in Cherokee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 674 people
  • Reece City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reece City
    • Reece City is located in Etowah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people

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 Turkey Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Turkey Town.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Turkey Town. 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 Turkey Town.

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

Adding Turkey Town to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Turkey Town in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Turkey Town post office opened in 1828.

We also found Turkey Town in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Turkey Town.

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 Turkey Town, 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 Cherokee, 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 Turkey Town - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (938) is an overlay for area code (256).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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