A visit to the Turner Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Turner Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Turner Cemetery:
33.1129, -84.7863
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Turner Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Turner Cemetery is located in Meriwether County<2>.
The county seat for Meriwether County is located in Greenville. Greenville lies just to the southeast of the Turner Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Turner Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 24 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> of the Turner Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Turner Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Campground Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- The Campground Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campground Cemetery
- Ollie Branch Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- The Ollie Branch Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ollie Branch Cemetery
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- The Union Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Cemetery
- Possum Trot Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The Possum Trot Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Possum Trot Cemetery
- Marchman Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- The Marchman Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marchman Cemetery
- Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- The Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Pilgrim Cemetery
- Providence Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Providence Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence Cemetery
- Allen - Lee Memorial UMC Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Allen - Lee Memorial UMC Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen - Lee Memorial UMC Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Allen - Lee Memorial UMC Cemetery is located outside and to the northeast of Lone Oak.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2176757 <5>
- Prospect Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- The Prospect Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect Cemetery
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- The St. Pauls Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Pauls Cemetery
- Blount Peavy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Fellowship Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Fellowship Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship Cemetery
- Continue List (12 more) ...
- Jones Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Jones Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones Cemetery
- Martin Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- The Martin Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin Cemetery
- Blount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- The Blount Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blount Cemetery
- Greenville Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Brittain Family Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Crowley Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- The Crowley Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowley Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Crowley Cemetery is located between<6> the communities of Lone Oak and Luthersville. The cemetery lies 2 miles [3.2 km]<3> to the southwest of Luthersville.
- The Crowley Cemetery has also been known as:
- Melson - Post Cemetery
- Old David Keith Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #33504 <5>
- Evans Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Evans Cemetery is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evans Cemetery
- Needmore Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Needmore Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Needmore Cemetery
- Woodward Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Woodward Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodward Cemetery
- Florence Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Florence Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence Cemetery
- Dunlap Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Dunlap Cemetery is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap Cemetery
- Braswell Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Turner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Turner Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Lone Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Mountville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Rocky Mount
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Luthersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Grantville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hogansville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Whitfield
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Harris City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Smith City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Brays Lakeview
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- Asta Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Continue List (10 more) ...
- Gay
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Moreland
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Corinth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Edman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Woodbury
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Haralson
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- LaGrange
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Warm Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- East Newnan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Turner Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Meriwether County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Turner Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Greenville
- Hogansville
- LaGrange
- Warm Springs
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Turner Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Georgia:
- Pages specific to Meriwether County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Turner Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #324404 (Turner Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #324404 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Meriwether
- Est. Elev: 282 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Odessadale
- Location given for Turner Cemetery:
- Lat: 33.1129011 Lon: -84.786321
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Meriwether, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turner Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Lone Oak and Luthersville. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <7> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |