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 Turntime 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 Turntime 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 Turntime 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 Turntime Crossroads: Turntime 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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Turntime Crossroads is located in Harris 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 Harris County: Chambers (AL), Lee (AL), Meriwether, Muscogee, Talbot & Troup.
Below are the counties that are near Turntime Crossroads. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turntime Crossroads:
- Harris County (The home county of Turntime Crossroads)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Waverly Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Cataula
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mountainbrook
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Mountain Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Pine Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Chattahoochee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Ochillee
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Ochillee is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ochillee
- Estimated population in 2019: 680 people
- Heineburg Village ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Heineburg Village is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heineburg Village
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,893 people
- Central Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Central Springs is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Springs
- Halloca ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Halloca is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halloca
- Fort Benning
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cusseta
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ida Vesper is located in Chattahoochee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ida Vesper
- Estimated population in 2019: 439 people
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Juniper
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Juniper is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juniper
- Glen Alta
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Glen Alta is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Alta
- Tazewell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tazewell is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
- Buena Vista
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Manchester
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Warm Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Bullochville is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullochville
- Chalybeate Springs
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Chalybeate Springs is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chalybeate Springs
- Harris City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Betts
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Betts is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betts
- Estimated population in 2019: 373 people
- Greenville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woodbury
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Carrolls is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrolls
- Estimated population in 2019: 27,259 people
- Edman
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Edman is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edman
- Gay
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Muscogee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Upatoi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fortson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Twin Chapel is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Chapel
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,701 people
- Glenns
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Glenns is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- Estimated population in 2019: 5,020 people
- Lincoln Hills
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Hills is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Hills
- Population from the 2010 Census: 833 people
- Branton Woods
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Branton Woods is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Branton Woods
- Estimated population in 2019: 12,961 people
- East Edgewood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- East Edgewood is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Edgewood
- Estimated population in 2019: 569 people
- Hilton Heights
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Hilton Heights is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton Heights
- Estimated population in 2018: 324 people
- Maridale Estates
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Maridale Estates is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maridale Estates
- Estimated population in 2019: 60,867 people
- Bibb City
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bibb City is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bibb City
- City Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- City Village is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for City Village
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Lawrences Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrences Mill is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrences Mill
- Estimated population in 2019: 30,834 people
- Molena
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Talbot County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Flint Hill
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Flint Hill is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Hill
- Box Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Talbotton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Belleview
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Belleview is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleview
- Woodland
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Geneva
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Centerville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Centerville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
- Junction City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Prattsburg is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburg
- Taylor County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Norwich
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Norwich is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
- Estimated population in 2019: 222 people
- Howard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Howard is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howard
- Mauk
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Carsonville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Carsonville is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
- Five Points
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Five Points is located in Taylor County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Troup County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Pioneer Village
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Pioneer Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Mountville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- North West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- West Point
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- LaGrange
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Louise
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Louise is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise
- Estimated population in 2019: 2,215 people
- Whitfield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
- Rockwell Estates
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- West Lake Village
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Upson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Barker Spring
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Barker Spring is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Spring
- Sunset Village
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunset Village is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
- Lincoln Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lincoln Park is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Park
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,503 people
- Hannahs Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hannahs Mill is located in Upson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannahs Mill
- Thomaston
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Osanippa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Osanippa is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osanippa
- River View
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- River View is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River View
- Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Eady City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Plant City
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Lanett
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Huguley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Cusseta
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Smith's Station
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Smith's Station is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith's Station
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,804 people
- Blanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Bleecker
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Bleecker is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bleecker
- Salem
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Prince Crossroads
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Prince Crossroads is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prince Crossroads
- Russell County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Phenix City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fontaine Village is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontaine Village
- Ladonia
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ladonia is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ladonia
- Fort Mitchell
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford is located in Russell County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turntime Crossroads, see our County-by-County Page for Turntime Crossroads.
Cemeteries Near Turntime Crossroads ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turntime 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 Turntime Crossroads - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turntime Crossroads covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- St. Johns Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Clowers Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Clowers Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ellerslie Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Waverly Hall Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Meadows Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Bruce Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rehobeth Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rock Baptist Church Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<3> to the southwest of Cataula.
- The Rock Baptist Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- Rehoboth Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #36568 <2>
- Copland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (322 more) ...
- Bethel Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hamilton Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Hamilton Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the east of Hamilton.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #34313 <2>
- Roosevelt Memorial Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Turntime Crossroads in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turntime Crossroads.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turntime Crossroads, with the one closest to Turntime Crossroads listed first.
- Ossahatchie
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Ossahatchie is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ossahatchie
- Waverly Hall
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Ellerslie
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Kingsboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Kingsboro is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsboro
- Cataula
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Ridgeway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Ridgeway is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
- Hamilton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bayard ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Baughville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Baughville is located in Talbot County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baughville
- Midland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mulberry Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Mulberry Grove is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mulberry Grove
- Shiloh
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Fortson
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Flat Rock is located in Muscogee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
- Upatoi
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turntime Crossroads. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turntime Crossroads.
Newspapers Published in Turntime 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 25 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turntime Crossroads.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turntime Crossroads, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turntime Crossroads.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer 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 Turntime Crossroads:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Harris County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Chattahoochee County
- Marion County
- Meriwether County
- Muscogee County
- Pike County
- Talbot County
- Taylor County
- Troup County
- Upson County
- Chambers County
- Lee County
- Russell County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
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> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turntime Crossroads) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | 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 Turntime Crossroads, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |