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 Turnertown (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 Turnertown. 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 northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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.
Turnertown is located in Butler County.
To see how the shape of Kentucky's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Butler County: Edmonson, Grayson, Logan, Muhlenberg, Ohio & Warren.
Below are the counties that are near Turnertown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turnertown:
- Butler County (The home county of Turnertown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Quality
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Quality is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quality
- Richelieu
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Richelieu is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richelieu
- Silver City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Silver City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver City
- Harreldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Dunbar
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Dunbar is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
- Huntsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Mining City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Morgantown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Provo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Provo is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Provo
- Rochester
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Rochester is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rochester
- Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
- Aberdeen
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Allen County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Mount Aerial
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Aerial is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Aerial
- Trammel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Trammel is located in Allen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trammel
- Christian County
- Bluff Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Bluff Spring is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Spring
- Edmonson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Roundhill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Roundhill is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roundhill
- Huff
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Huff is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huff
- Sunfish
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunfish is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunfish
- Brownsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Lindseyville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lindseyville is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lindseyville
- Sweeden
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sweeden is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweeden
- Rhoda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Rhoda is located in Edmonson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhoda
- Bee Spring
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Grayson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Spring Lick
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Spring Lick is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lick
- Caneyville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Shrewsbury is located in Grayson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shrewsbury
- Logan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Lost City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lost City is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost City
- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wolf Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
- Auburn
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- South Union
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Agnes
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Agnes is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Agnes
- Deer Lick
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Deer Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Russellville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cave Spring
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Cave Spring is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
- Gordonsville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Gordonsville is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Justice
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Justice is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Justice
- Ferguson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Ferguson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
- Muhlenberg County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Skilesville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Skilesville is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skilesville
- Dunmor
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Ennis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Ennis is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ennis
- Beechmont
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Belton is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belton
- Former name for Belton:
- Yost
- Browder
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Creek
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Beech Creek is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Creek
- Paradise ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Paradise is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Rosewood
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Rosewood is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosewood
- Drakesboro
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Nonnell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Nonnell is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nonnell
- Former name for Nonnell:
- Tarma
- Bevier
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Bevier is located in Muhlenberg County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
- Ohio County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Cromwell
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Cromwell is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cromwell
- Select
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Select is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Select
- Former name for Select:
- Stweartsville
- Echols
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Echols is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echols
- Rockport
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Rockport is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockport
- Population from the 2020 Census: 263 people
- Arnold
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Arnold is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
- McHenry
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- McHenry is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McHenry
- Population from the 2020 Census: 380 people
- Beaver Dam
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Ceralvo
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ceralvo is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ceralvo
- Rosine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Horse Branch
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Horse Branch is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Branch
- Centertown
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Centertown is located in Ohio County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
- Simpson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Salmons
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Salmons is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salmons
- Neosheo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Neosheo is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neosheo
- Franklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Prices Mill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Prices Mill is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Mill
- Gold City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Gold City is located in Simpson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold City
- Todd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Sharon Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sharon Grove is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharon Grove
- Clifty
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Clifty is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifty
- Allegre
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Allegre is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allegre
- Kirkmansville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Kirkmansville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkmansville
- Elkton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Allensville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Allensville is located in Todd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allensville
- Population from the 2010 Census: 157 people
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Hadley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Rockland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Rockfield
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Rockfield is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockfield
- Richardsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Richardsville is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardsville
- Springhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Springhill is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springhill
- Bowling Green
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Bowling Green is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 70,631 people
- Former names for Bowling Green:
- Bolin Green
- McFadden's Station
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <1>
- Anna
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Anna is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anna
- Woodburn
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Woodburn is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodburn
- Population from the 2020 Census: 372 people
- Plum Springs
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Plum Springs is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 542 people
- Drake
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Drake is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drake
- Gotts
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Gotts is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gotts
- Alvaton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turnertown, see our County-by-County Page for Turnertown.
Cemeteries Near Turnertown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turnertown.
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 Turnertown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turnertown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Womack Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Githens Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Orange Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Duncan Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Smith Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Union Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- McKinney Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Bailey Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- New Tuck Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Gasper River Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Felts Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (283 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bethel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Webster Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
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.<4>
While we didn't find Turnertown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turnertown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turnertown, with the one closest to Turnertown listed first.
- Anderson
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Anderson is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson
- Costelow
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Costelow is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Costelow
- Sugar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Sugar Grove is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Grove
- Gasper
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gasper is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasper
- Harreldsville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Harreldsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harreldsville
- Homer
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Homer is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
- South Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- South Hill is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Hill
- Hadley
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hadley is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hadley
- Rockland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rockland is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
- Huntsville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Huntsville is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Woodbury
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodbury is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Wolf Lick
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Wolf Lick is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Lick
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- Lewisburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mining City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mining City is located in Butler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mining City
- Edwards
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Edwards is located in Logan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwards
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turnertown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turnertown.
Newspapers Published in Turnertown ...
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 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turnertown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turnertown, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turnertown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Turnertown:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Butler County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Christian County
- Edmonson County
- Grayson County
- Logan County
- Muhlenberg County
- Ohio County
- Simpson County
- Todd County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kentucky
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> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or 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- Turnertown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | 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. |
| <4> | 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 Turnertown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |