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Introduction ...

Although we found mention of Turkville during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Turkville had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists..

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 Turkville (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 Turkville. 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 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.

Turkville is located in Ellis County.

To see how the shape of Kansas' counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ellis County: Barton, Graham, Ness, Osborne, Rooks, Rush, Russell & Trego.

Below are the counties that are near Turkville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turkville:

  • Ellis County     (The home county of Turkville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turkville, with the one closest to Turkville listed first.
    • Emmeram
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Emmeram have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmeram
      • Emmeram is located in Ellis County
    • Catharine
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catharine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
      • Catharine is located in Ellis County
      • Catharine has also been known as:
      • Catherine
    • Hays
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
      • Hays is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,829 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <3>
    • Yocemento
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yocemento have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocemento
      • Yocemento is located in Ellis County
    • Hog Back
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hog Back have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
      • Hog Back is located in Ellis County
    • Victoria
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Victoria is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
    • Walker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in Ellis County
    • Munjor
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Munjor have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munjor
      • Munjor is located in Ellis County
    • Ellis
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Antonino
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Antonino have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antonino
      • Antonino is located in Ellis County
    • Pfeifer
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pfeifer have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeifer
      • Pfeifer is located in Ellis County
    • Schoenchen
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Schoenchen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoenchen
      • Schoenchen is located in Ellis County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Graham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turkville, with the one closest to Turkville listed first.
    • Nicodemus
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nicodemus have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicodemus
      • Nicodemus is located in Graham County
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nicodemus <3>
    • Bogue
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bogue
      • Bogue is located in Graham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
      • Bogue has also been known as:
      • Wildhorse
  • Osborne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turkville, with the one closest to Turkville listed first.
    • Natoma
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
      • Natoma is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natoma <3>
    • Alton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
      • Alton is located in Osborne County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
  • Rooks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turkville, with the one closest to Turkville listed first.
    • Codell
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
      • Codell is located in Rooks County
      • Former name for Codell:
      • Florreyville
    • Plainville
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Zurich
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
      • Zurich is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
    • Palco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palco
      • Palco is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people
    • Stockton
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
      • Stockton is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,234 people
      • Former name for Stockton:
      • Stocktown
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <3>
    • Damar
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Woodston
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodston
      • Woodston is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 126 people
      • Woodston has also been known as:
      • Woodston Saw
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodston <3>
  • Russell County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Turkville, with the one closest to Turkville listed first.
    • Paradise
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
      • Paradise is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
    • Gorham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
      • Gorham is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <3>
    • Waldo
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldo
      • Waldo is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 29 people
      • Former name for Waldo:
      • Pleasant Run
    • Balta ‑ Historic
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Balta have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balta
      • Balta is located in Russell County
    • Russell
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Luray
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luray
      • Luray is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
  • Trego County
    • Ogallah
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogallah
      • Ogallah is located in Trego County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turkville, see our County-by-County Page for Turkville.

Newspapers Published in Turkville ...

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 101 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turkville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turkville, there are papers which were published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turkville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with 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 Turkville:

Cemeteries Near Turkville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turkville.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turkville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turkville, with the one closest to Turkville listed first.

  • Norman Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norman Cemetery
  • St. Severin Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Severin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Severin Cemetery
  • Conger Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Conger Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Conger Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<4> to the east of Codell.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conger Cemetery
  • Center Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Center Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Center Cemetery
  • Paradise Center Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Paradise Center Cemetery is located less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Codell.
    • The Paradise Center Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Codell Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Paradise Center Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1966834 <5>
  • Plainville Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • St. Andrew Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Andrew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Andrew Cemetery
  • Conger East Paradise Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Conger East Paradise Cemetery is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<4> to the west of Codell.
    • The Conger East Paradise Cemetery has also been known as:
    • Conger Cemetery
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Conger East Paradise Cemetery
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #92230 <5>
  • Hyacinth Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hyacinth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hyacinth Cemetery
  • Shiloh Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sacred Heart Cemetery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sacred Heart Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sacred Heart Cemetery
  • Continue List   (65 more) ...
    • St. Catharina Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Fairport Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairport Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairport Cemetery
    • Twin Mound Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Twin Mound Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Twin Mound Cemetery

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.<6>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Turkville had a population of 17 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Turkville, with the one closest to Turkville listed first.

  • Codell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Codell
    • Codell is located in Rooks County
    • Former name for Codell:
    • Florreyville
  • Plainville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Catharine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Catharine have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catharine
    • Catharine is located in Ellis County
    • Catharine has also been known as:
    • Catherine
  • Fairport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairport
    • Fairport is located in Russell County
  • Natoma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natoma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natoma
    • Natoma is located in Osborne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 296 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natoma <3>
  • Zurich
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Zurich have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Zurich is located in Rooks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Hays
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hays
    • Hays is located in Ellis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,829 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hays <3>
  • Laton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Laton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laton
    • Laton is located in Rooks County
  • Hog Back
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hog Back have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hog Back
    • Hog Back is located in Ellis County
  • Toulon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toulon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
    • Toulon is located in Ellis County
  • Paradise
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paradise have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Paradise is located in Russell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
  • Victoria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Victoria have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Victoria is located in Ellis County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Walker
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
      • Walker is located in Ellis County
    • Gorham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorham have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorham
      • Gorham is located in Russell County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 336 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorham <3>
    • Palco
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palco
      • Palco is located in Rooks County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 262 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turkville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turkville.

The official website for Ellis County: www.ellisco.net/

The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Turkville and then turned east". While Turkville could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Turkville as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Turkville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.

Since confusion between counties is common, we searched and weren't able to find another Kansas community named Turkville.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turkville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turkville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 39.1033, Longitude: -99.2457       In this case, the coordinates for Turkville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.
<6>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 Turkville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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