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 Little Turkey (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 Little Turkey. 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.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Little Turkey is located in Chickasaw County.
To see how the shape of Iowa's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Chickasaw County: Bremer, Butler, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell & Winneshiek.
Below are the counties that are near Little Turkey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Little Turkey:
- Chickasaw County (The home county of Little Turkey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Lawler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jerico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jerico is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico
- New Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fredericksburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- North Washington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- North Washington is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Alta Vista
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Republic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Republic is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Republic
- Ionia
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Chickasaw
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Chickasaw is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickasaw
- Deerfield
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Deerfield is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
- Bassett
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bassett is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassett
- Population from the 2020 Census: 62 people
- Bradford
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bradford is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
- Nashua
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Allamakee County
- Postville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Bremer County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Sumner
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Frederika
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Frederika is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frederika
- Population from the 2020 Census: 205 people
- Tripoli
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Seigel
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Seigel is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seigel
- Horton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Horton is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton
- Bremer
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bremer is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bremer
- Knittel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Knittel is located in Bremer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knittel
- Plainfield
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Readlyn
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Waucoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Alpha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Saint Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Lucas is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Douglass
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Douglass is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglass
- Hawkeye
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Hawkeye is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkeye
- Population from the 2020 Census: 399 people
- West Union
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Donnan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Donnan is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnan
- Randalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Randalia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Clermont
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Brainard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Brainard is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brainard
- Fayette
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Westgate
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Westgate is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westgate
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Elgin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Colwell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Carrville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Carrville is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrville
- Charles City
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Howard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Protivin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Vernon Springs
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Vernon Springs is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vernon Springs
- Cresco
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Elma
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Corners
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Davis Corners is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davis Corners
- Lime Springs
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Florenceville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Florenceville is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florenceville
- Forest City ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Forest City is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- Riceville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Chester
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Mitchell County
- New Haven
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- New Haven is located in Mitchell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
- Winneshiek County
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Navan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Navan is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navan
- Jackson Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Junction is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Fort Atkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Spillville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Festina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Calmar
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Ridgeway
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ossian
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Decorah
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Castalia
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Castalia is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castalia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
- Kendallville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Kendallville is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendallville
- Bluffton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bluffton is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluffton
- Frankville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Frankville is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankville
- Fillmore County (MN)
- The following are listed by their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Granger
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Granger is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
- Canton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- York
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- York is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Little Turkey, see our County-by-County Page for Little Turkey.
Cemeteries Near Little Turkey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Little Turkey.
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 Little Turkey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Little Turkey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- St. Marys Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Marys Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Marys Cemetery is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> to the northeast of Lawler.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #96202 <3>
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery of Little Turkey
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Little Turkey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- C J Jack Farm Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- St. Rose Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sacred Heart Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jacksonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Johns German Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (265 more) ...
- Waucoma Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saude Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bohemian National Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
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>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that in 1895, Little Turkey had a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Little Turkey, with the one closest to Little Turkey listed first.
- Navan
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Navan is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Navan
- Jackson Junction
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Jackson Junction is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson Junction
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Lawler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saude
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Saude is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saude
- Waucoma
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Protivin
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Fort Atkinson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jerico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Jerico is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerico
- Alpha
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Alpha is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpha
- Saint Lucas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Lucas is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lucas
- Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
- Spillville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- New Hampton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Boyd
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Boyd is located in Chickasaw County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
- Festina
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Conover
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Conover is located in Winneshiek County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conover
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Little Turkey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Little Turkey.
Newspapers Published in Little Turkey ...
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 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Turkey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Little Turkey, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Little Turkey.
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 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 Little Turkey:
- Websites specific to Iowa
- Pages specific to Chickasaw County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allamakee County
- Bremer County
- Fayette County
- Floyd County
- Howard County
- Mitchell County
- Winneshiek County
- Fillmore County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Iowa
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Little Turkey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <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 Little Turkey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |