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>.
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.<3>.
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 Area Codes where Turkey Town was located: 256 & 938<4>
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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gadsden
- Gadsden is located in Etowah County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 34,816 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gadsden <5>
- 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.<6> 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 <5>
- 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.<6> 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 <5>
- 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.<6> 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 <5>
- Collinsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
- Collinsville is located in DeKalb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,938 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collinsville <5>
- 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.<6> 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 <5>
- Leesburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesburg
- Leesburg is located in Cherokee County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,016 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leesburg <5>
- Etna
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - 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.<8>
X2X - 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.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 elevation is an estimate for the area around Turkey Town - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Turkey Town area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Turkey Town area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |