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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 Turners Corner (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 Turners Corner. 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 Turners Corner ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Turners Corner: Turners Cor. (or less commonly used: Turners Crn.)
- While the name of this community is Turners Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Turners Corner may originally have been Turner's Corner.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Turners Corner. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Turners Corner.
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 southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Turners Corner is located in Lumpkin County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lumpkin County: Dawson, Fannin, Hall, Towns, Union & White.
Below are the counties that are near Turners Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turners Corner:
- Lumpkin County (The home county of Turners Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Willow ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Grace ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Dahlonega
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Auraria ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Auraria is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auraria
- New Bridge ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- New Bridge is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
- Cherokee County
- Ophir
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Ophir is located in Cherokee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ophir
- Dawson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Dawsonville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lumpkin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Lumpkin is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumpkin
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,266 people
- Barrettsville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Barrettsville is located in Dawson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrettsville
- Fannin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Margret
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Margret is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Margret
- Craytonia
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Craytonia is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Craytonia
- Newport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Newport is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
- Hemp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Hemp is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hemp
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,647 people
- Morganton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Mill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Greens Mill is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens Mill
- Cutcane
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cutcane is located in Fannin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cutcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,417 people
- Blue Ridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mineral Bluff
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Forsyth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Silver City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Silver City is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Chestatee
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Chestatee is located in Forsyth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chestatee
- Gilmer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Tickanetley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Tickanetley is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tickanetley
- Rolston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Rolston is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rolston
- Estimated population in 2019: 36,716 people
- Cherry Log
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- White Path
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- White Path is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Path
- Estimated population in 2019: 342 people
- Northcutt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Northcutt is located in Gilmer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northcutt
- Population from the 2010 Census: 16,698 people
- Habersham County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Mauldins ‑ Historic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Mauldins is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mauldins
- Estimated population in 2019: 225 people
- Clarkesville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Demorest
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Hills
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Hills is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hills
- Alto
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raoul
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Raoul is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raoul
- Baldwin
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Cornelia
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Airy
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Turnerville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Tugaloo
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Tugaloo is located in Habersham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tugaloo
- Hall County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Clermont
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Land ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Land is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land
- Murrayville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Brookton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Brookton is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookton
- Whelchel
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Whelchel is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whelchel
- Hargrove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hargrove is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
- Price
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Price is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Price
- The Bluffs
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- The Bluffs is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Bluffs
- Estimated population in 2019: 92 people
- Sardis Shores
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Sardis Shores is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis Shores
- Estimated population in 2019: 960 people
- Surf Side Club Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Surf Side Club Estates is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surf Side Club Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 202 people
- White Sands
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- White Sands is located in Hall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sands
- Estimated population in 2019: 611 people
- Lula
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Pickens County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Big Canoe
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Marble Hill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rabun County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Lakemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Wiley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Tallulah Falls
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Germany
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Germany is located in Rabun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Germany
- Tiger
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Towns County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,239 people
- Young Harris
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hiawassee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Hunt ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Hunt is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunt
- Tate City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Tate City is located in Towns County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tate City
- Union County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Suches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Choestoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Owltown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Owltown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owltown
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,346 people
- Hood ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Blairsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Youngcane ‑ Historic
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Youngcane is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngcane
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,661 people
- Canal Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Canal Lake is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canal Lake
- Population from the 2010 Census: 23,025 people
- Bethlehem
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Yonah
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Yonah is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonah
- Robertstown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Robertstown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robertstown
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Helen
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nacoochee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Naguchee ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Naguchee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naguchee
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,141 people
- Sautee - Nacoochee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Leo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Leo is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leo
- Leo has also been known as:
- Meldean
- Cherokee County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Culberson
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Culberson is located in Cherokee County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culberson
- Murphy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Clay County (NC)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Pine Log Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Pine Log Village is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Log Village
- Warne
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Brasstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elf
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Elf is located in Clay County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elf
- Hayesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turners Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Turners Corner.
Cemeteries Near Turners Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turners Corner.
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 Turners Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turners Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Antioch Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Town Creek Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tesnatee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Slabtown Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Loudsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dukes Creek Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Woody Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hood Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Reeves Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (374 more) ...
- Union Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Mt. View Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Yonah Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 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.<5>
While we didn't find Turners Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turners Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turners Corner, with the one closest to Turners Corner listed first.
- Willow ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Willow is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
- Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
- Porter Springs
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Porter Springs is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Springs
- Pleasant Retreat ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Retreat is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Retreat
- Quebec ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Quebec is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quebec
- Suches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Grace ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Grace is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Tesnatee
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Tesnatee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesnatee
- Cleveland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Choestoe
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Choestoe is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choestoe
- Dahlonega
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Garland
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Garland is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Nacoochee
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Nacoochee is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nacoochee
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Gaddistown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Gaddistown is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gaddistown
- Hood ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Hood is located in Union County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood
- Jay ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Jay is located in Lumpkin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turners Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turners Corner.
Newspapers Published in Turners Corner ...
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 34 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turners Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turners Corner, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turners Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful 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 Turners Corner:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Lumpkin County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cherokee County
- Dawson County
- Fannin County
- Forsyth County
- Gilmer County
- Habersham County
- Hall County
- Pickens County
- Rabun County
- Towns County
- Union County
- White County
- Cherokee County
- Clay County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Turners Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Turners Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |