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 Turkey Creek Meadows (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 Turkey Creek Meadows. 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 Turkey Creek Meadows ...
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 Turkey Creek Meadows: Turkey Crk. Mdws. (or less commonly used: Turkey Ck. Mdws. or Turkey Cr. Mdws.)
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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. 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 east 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.
Turkey Creek Meadows is located in Lake County.
To see how the shape of Indiana's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lake County: Cook (IL), Kankakee (IL), Will (IL), Jasper, Newton & Porter.
Below are the counties that are near Turkey Creek Meadows. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turkey Creek Meadows:
- Lake County (The home county of Turkey Creek Meadows)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Lottaville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Merrillville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Green Acres
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Green Acres is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Acres
- Ross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ross is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Lincoln Village
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lincoln Village is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Village
- New Elliott
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- New Elliott is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Elliott
- Liverpool
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Griffith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Hobart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Chicago
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- New Chicago is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Chicago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,937 people
- Crown Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Schererville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deep River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Jasper County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Forest City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Forest City is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest City
- DeMotte
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- DeMotte is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeMotte
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,172 people
- DeMotte has also been known as:
- De Motte
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for DeMotte <1>
- Stoutsburg
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Stoutsburg is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoutsburg
- Wheatfield
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Virgie
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Virgie is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Virgie
- Tefft
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Tefft is located in Jasper County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tefft
- Fair Oaks
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- LaPorte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Alida
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Alida is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alida
- Westville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Haskell
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Haskell is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haskell
- Otis
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Otis is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otis
- Wanatah
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Holmesville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Holmesville is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- La Crosse
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Michigan City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Trail Creek
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Trail Creek is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail Creek
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,985 people
- Waterford
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Waterford is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterford
- Hanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Union Mills
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Pottawattamie Park
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pottawattamie Park is located in LaPorte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottawattamie Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
- Newton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Thayer
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Thayer is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thayer
- Sumava Resorts
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Roselawn
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Roselawn is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roselawn
- Lake Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Lake Village is located in Newton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Village
- Porter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Wheeler
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Wheeler is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wheeler
- Portage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Willow Creek is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Woodland Village
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodland Village is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland Village
- South Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- South Haven is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Haven
- Porter Crossroads
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Porter Crossroads is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter Crossroads
- Ogden Dunes
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Ogden Dunes is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden Dunes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,083 people
- Babcock
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Babcock is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babcock
- Hebron
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Valparaiso
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Burns Harbor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Boone Grove
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Boone Grove is located in Porter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone Grove
- Chesterton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cook County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Lynwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Lansing
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sauk Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Calumet City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ford Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Globe
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Globe is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe
- Burnham
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Burnham is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,040 people
- Glenwood
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Hegewisch
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hegewisch is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hegewisch
- South Holland
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Chicago Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Chicago Heights
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- South Chicago Heights is located in Cook County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Chicago Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
- Thornton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Kankakee County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Sherburnville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sherburnville is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherburnville
- Grant Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Grant Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,231 people
- Illinoi
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Illinoi is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illinoi
- Illiana Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Illiana Heights is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Illiana Heights
- Litchfield
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Litchfield is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Litchfield
- Momence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Manteno
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Saint George is located in Kankakee County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint George
- Will County (IL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Willowbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Crete
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Steger
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Goodenow
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Goodenow is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodenow
- Beecher
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- University Park
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Monee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Frankfort Square
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Frankfort Square is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frankfort Square
- Peotone
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Frankfort
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Mokena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Gilletts ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gilletts is located in Will County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilletts
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turkey Creek Meadows, see our County-by-County Page for Turkey Creek Meadows.
Cemeteries Near Turkey Creek Meadows ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turkey Creek Meadows.
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 Turkey Creek Meadows - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turkey Creek Meadows covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Calumet Park Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Merrillville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- St.s Peter & Paul Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Memory Lane Memorial Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evergreen Memorial Park
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ross Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Oak Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Pleasant View Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chester Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ridgelawn Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgelawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Ridgelawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Gary.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86566 <2>
- St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery is located in Gary.
- The St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Marys Cemetery
- Continue List (209 more) ...
- Mt. Mercy Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mt. Mercy Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Mt. Mercy Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Gary.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #86023 <2>
- Fern Oak Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Turkey Creek Meadows in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turkey Creek Meadows.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turkey Creek Meadows, with the one closest to Turkey Creek Meadows listed first.
- Merrillville
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Lottaville
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Lottaville is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lottaville
- Ross
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ross is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ross
- Ainsworth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Ainsworth is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ainsworth
- Liverpool
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Liverpool is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool
- Griffith
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Crown Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Hobart
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Schererville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Deep River
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Deep River is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep River
- Lake Station
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Hartsdale
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Hartsdale is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsdale
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Saint John
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Winfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Winfield is located in Lake County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,265 people
- Highland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turkey Creek Meadows. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turkey Creek Meadows.
Newspapers Published in Turkey Creek Meadows ...
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 49 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turkey Creek Meadows.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turkey Creek Meadows, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turkey Creek Meadows.
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 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 Turkey Creek Meadows:
- Websites specific to Indiana
- Pages specific to Lake County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Jasper County
- LaPorte County
- Newton County
- Porter County
- Cook County
- Kankakee County
- Will County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Indiana
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> | 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 Turkey Creek Meadows, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Turkey Creek Meadows) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |