Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Turney Crossroads (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Turney Crossroads. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Turney Crossroads ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Turney Crossroads: Turney Xrds.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Turney Crossroads is located in Morgan County.
To see how the shape of Alabama's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Morgan County: Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall & Winston.
Below are the counties that are near Turney Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turney Crossroads:
- Morgan County (The home county of Turney Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Somerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Winton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Winton is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winton
- Florette
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Florette is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florette
- Bluff City ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Bluff City is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff City
- Valhermoso Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Eva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Falkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Hartselle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Burningtree Mountain
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burningtree Mountain is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burningtree Mountain
- Apple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Lacon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Lacon is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lacon
- Blount County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Birdie
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Birdie is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birdie
- Summit
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Summit is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit
- Mountain Grove
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Mountain Grove is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
- Brooksville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brooksville is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Fowler ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Fowler is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fowler
- Blountsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Liberty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Gum Springs
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Gum Springs is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Springs
- Bright Star
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Bright Star is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bright Star
- McLarty
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- McLarty is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McLarty
- Craig
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Craig is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craig
- Royal
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Royal is located in Blount County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royal
- Colbert County
- Garner ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Garner is located in Colbert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garner
- Cullman County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Vinemont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fairview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Fairview is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 463 people
- Simcoe
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Simcoe is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simcoe
- South Vinemont
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- South Vinemont is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Vinemont
- Population from the 2020 Census: 636 people
- Baileyton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Joppa
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- West Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
- Population from the 2020 Census: 604 people
- Berlin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Berlin is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
- East Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Point is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Point
- Cullman
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Central
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Central is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central
- Baileytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baileytown is located in Cullman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baileytown
- Holly Pond
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson County
- Paint Rock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paint Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint Rock
- Population from the 2020 Census: 196 people
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Oakville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Oakville is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakville
- Hillsboro
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Chalybeate Springs
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Moulton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Mountain Home is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Home
- Wren
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Wren is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wren
- Limestone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Swancott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Westlake
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Westlake is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westlake
- Mooresville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Belle Mina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Belle Mina is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Mina
- Harris Station
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Harris Station is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Station
- Orrville
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Orrville is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrville
- Capshaw
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Capshaw is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capshaw
- Tanner
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Country Village
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Country Village is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Country Village
- Fairmount
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Fairmount is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairmount
- Athens
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Hill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Center Hill is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Hill
- Ripley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Ripley is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
- Madison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Triana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Slaughter Landing ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Slaughter Landing is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slaughter Landing
- Slaughter Landing has also been known as:
- Slaughter Ferry
- Whitesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Whitesburg is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesburg
- Madison
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- English Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- English Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for English Village
- Chelsea
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Chelsea is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chelsea
- Rideout Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Rideout Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rideout Village
- Big Cove
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Big Cove is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Cove
- Greenwycke Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Greenwycke Village is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwycke Village
- Huntsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Owens' Cross Roads
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Monrovia
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Monrovia is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Lincoln
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln
- Marshall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Hog Jaw
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hog Jaw is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Jaw
- Ruth
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Ruth is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruth
- Pine Lake Village
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Lake Village is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake Village
- Arab
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Friendship
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Friendship is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
- Union Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Grassy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Grassy is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassy
- Ferns Quarter ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ferns Quarter is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferns Quarter
- Scant City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Scant City is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scant City
- Askea Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Askea Grove is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Askea Grove
- Warrenton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Warrenton is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
- Fort Deposit ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Fort Deposit is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Deposit
- Big Spring ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Big Spring is located in Marshall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Spring
- Winston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Upshaw
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Upshaw is located in Winston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upshaw
- Addison
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turney Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Turney Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Turney Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turney Crossroads.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Turney Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turney Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Garner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Garner Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Somerville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Gum Springs Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Waugh Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Brindley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Campbell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Nelson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Houston Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Kyle Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Continue List (838 more) ...
- Leemon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Fairview Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Redoak Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Turney Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turney Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turney Crossroads, with the one closest to Turney Crossroads listed first.
- Stringer
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Stringer is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stringer
- Somerville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Somerville is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 782 people
- Woodland Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Woodland Mills is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Mills
- Valhermoso Springs
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Priceville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Leesdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Leesdale is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leesdale
- Falkville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Eva
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Talucah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Talucah is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talucah
- Hartselle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Swancott
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Swancott is located in Limestone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swancott
- Apple Grove
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Apple Grove is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple Grove
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Triana
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Triana is located in Madison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,327 people
- Wilhites
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wilhites is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilhites
- Briscoe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Briscoe is located in Morgan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briscoe
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turney Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turney Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Turney Crossroads ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turney Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turney Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 17 miles [27.4 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turney Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Turney Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Alabama
- Pages specific to Morgan County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Blount County
- Colbert County
- Cullman County
- Jackson County
- Lawrence County
- Limestone County
- Madison County
- Marshall County
- Winston County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Alabama
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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 Turney Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turney Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |