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Welcome to Turkville ...

Turkville is located in Ellis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Turkville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Turkville is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Turkville: 785

Communities near Turkville ...

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

  • Hays
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Plainville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Victoria
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Victoria is located in Ellis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,215 people
  • Gorham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Natoma
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Palco
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Zurich
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Zurich is located in Rooks County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zurich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 94 people
  • Paradise
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Paradise is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
  • Codell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Emmeram
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Turkville ...

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

Adding Turkville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Turkville 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 Turkville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Turkville post office opened in 1875. The Turkville post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Turkville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Ellis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turkville - 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/