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Welcome to Turtles Cove ...

Turtles Cove is located in Jasper County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Turtles Cove: Turtles Cv.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Turtles Cove for more information about variations on the name of Turtles Cove.

Turtles Cove is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Turtles Cove lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Turtles Cove: 706 & 762<3>

Communities near Turtles Cove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Turtles Cove.

  • McDonough
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Covington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Locust Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • East Wood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • East Wood is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Wood
    • Estimated population in 2019: 6,725 people
  • Jackson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Monticello
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oxford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Porterdale
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Newborn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Flovilla
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)

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 Turtles Cove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Turtles Cove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Turtles Cove. 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 Turtles Cove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Turtles Cove. See our Newspapers Page for Turtles Cove.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Turtles Cove ...

Looking for more information about Turtles Cove? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Turtles Cove, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Turtles Cove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turtles Cove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Turtles Cove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Turtles Cove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.