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Welcome to Little Turkey ...

Little Turkey is located in Chickasaw County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Turkey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Little Turkey is 1,100 feet [335 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Little Turkey lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Little Turkey ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Turkey.

  • Decorah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Cresco
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • New Hampton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • West Union
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sumner
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Calmar
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Fredericksburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Ossian
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Elma
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawler
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Turkey ...

Looking for more information about Little Turkey? 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 Little Turkey, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Little Turkey.

Adding Little Turkey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Little Turkey in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Little Turkey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Little Turkey post office opened in 1866. The Little Turkey post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Turkey.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Chickasaw, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Turkey - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/