Welcome to Turkville ...
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've added Turkville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Turkville, please Contact Us.
The location of Turkville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
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.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where we believe that Turkville might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
We believe that Turkville would be found within the (785) area code.
Communities near Turkville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Turkville.
- 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 <4>
- Plainville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville
- Plainville is located in Rooks County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,768 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainville <4>
- Victoria
(18 miles [29 km] to the south) - 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 <4>
- 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 <4>
- 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
- Zurich
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Paradise
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east) - 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
- 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 for Turkville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Turkville post office opened in 1875.
We also found Turkville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Turkville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 west". 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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller 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. |
| <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> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turkville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |