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 Upper Turkey (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 Upper Turkey. 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 northwest 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 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 west 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.
Upper Turkey is located in Pike 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 Pike County: Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Buchanan (VA), Dickenson (VA), Wise (VA) & Mingo (WV).
Below are the counties that are near Upper Turkey. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Upper Turkey:
- Pike County (The home county of Upper Turkey)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Varney
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Varney is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Varney
- Sidney
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Forest Hills
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Forest Hills is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forest Hills
- South Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Belfry
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Toler
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Toler is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toler
- Huddy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Huddy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huddy
- Hardy
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Hardy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardy
- McAndrews
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- McAndrews is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAndrews
- Stone
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Stone is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stone
- Gulnare
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare
- Pinsonfork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Floyd County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Betsy Layne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Stanville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Tram
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Tram is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tram
- Harold
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Harold is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harold
- Ivel
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Osborn
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Osborn is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osborn
- Dana
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Dana is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dana
- Grethel
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Grethel is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grethel
- Banner
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Allen
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Allen is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
- Allen has also been known as:
- Beaver Creek Junction
- Beaver Creek
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allen <1>
- Dwale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Dwale is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dwale
- Blue Moon
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Blue Moon is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Moon
- Galveston
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Galveston is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galveston
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Butcher Hollow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Butcher Hollow is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butcher Hollow
- Nero
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Nero is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nero
- Meally
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Meally is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meally
- Williamsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Williamsport is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
- Van Lear
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Whitehouse
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Whitehouse is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
- East Point
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Hagerhill
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Hagerhill is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerhill
- Thelma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Thelma is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thelma
- West Van Lear
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- West Van Lear is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Van Lear
- Tutor Key
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Tutor Key is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tutor Key
- Lowmansville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Lowmansville is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowmansville
- Collista
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Collista is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collista
- Knott County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Raven
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Raven is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raven
- Mousie
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mousie is located in Knott County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mousie
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Patrick
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Patrick is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patrick
- Peach Orchard
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Peach Orchard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Orchard
- Richardson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Richardson is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richardson
- Clifford
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Clifford is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
- Ben Bow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ben Bow is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ben Bow
- Ulysses ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Ulysses is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ulysses
- Maynard ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Maynard is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
- Georges Creek
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Georges Creek is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georges Creek
- Gallup ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gallup is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallup
- Charley
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Charley is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charley
- Bumblebee ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bumblebee is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bumblebee
- Noris ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Noris is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Noris
- Ivory ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Ivory is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivory
- Magoffin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Gunlock
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Gunlock is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunlock
- Gapville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Gapville is located in Magoffin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gapville
- Martin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Pilgrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Lovely
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lovely is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovely
- Beauty
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beauty is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beauty
- Warfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Debord
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hode
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Hode is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hode
- Inez
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Tomahawk is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomahawk
- Buchanan County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Big Rock
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Big Rock is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Rock
- Kelsa
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Kelsa is located in Buchanan County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelsa
- Grundy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lincoln County (WV)
- Harts
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Logan County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Holden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Holden is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holden
- Omar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stirrat
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Stirrat is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stirrat
- Troy Town
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Troy Town is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy Town
- Whirlwind
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Whirlwind is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whirlwind
- Whitman
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgeview
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Hedgeview is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hedgeview
- Switzer
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Switzer is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Switzer
- Thompson Town
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Thompson Town is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Town
- Wilkinson
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Logan
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- West Logan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Creek
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Peach Creek is located in Logan County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peach Creek
- McDowell County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Wyoming City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Wyoming City is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wyoming City
- Panther
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Panther is located in McDowell County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panther
- Mingo County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Williamson
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Chattaroy
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Chattaroy is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chattaroy
- Sprigg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Sprigg is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sprigg
- Blackberry City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Blackberry City is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackberry City
- Delbarton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Matewan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Red Jacket
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Red Jacket is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Jacket
- Greyeagle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Greyeagle is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greyeagle
- Kermit
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Myrtle
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Myrtle is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle
- Thacker
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Thacker is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacker
- Musick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Musick is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musick
- Dingess
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Dingess is located in Mingo County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dingess
- Wayne County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Stonecoal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Wilsondale
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Wilsondale is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsondale
- Doane
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Doane is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doane
- Dunlow
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dunlow is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
- Kiahsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Kiahsville is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiahsville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Upper Turkey, see our County-by-County Page for Upper Turkey.
Cemeteries Near Upper Turkey ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Upper Turkey.
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 Upper Turkey - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Upper Turkey covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Smith Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Varney Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Williams Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Francis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Scott Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Fraley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Romans Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stepp Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stanley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Tandy Sester Alley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orrison Lowe Branch #2 Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (652 more) ...
- Thomas Shermon Lowe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hayes Lowe Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Orrison R Lowe #1 Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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.<2>
While we didn't find Upper Turkey in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Upper Turkey.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Upper Turkey, with the one closest to Upper Turkey listed first.
- Canada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rural
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Rural is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural
- Zebulon
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Zebulon is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zebulon
- Gulnare
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Gulnare is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gulnare
- Pinsonfork
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pinsonfork is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinsonfork
- Kimper
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Kimper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimper
- Thomas
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Thomas is located in Floyd County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
- Pilgrim
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Pilgrim is located in Martin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pilgrim
- Coal Run Village
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Coal Run Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Run Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,494 people
- Pikeville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Warfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fishtrap
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Fishtrap is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishtrap
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Stonecoal
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Stonecoal is located in Wayne County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecoal
- Coleman
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Coleman is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Phelps
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Upper Turkey. See our List of 1890's Communities around Upper Turkey.
Newspapers Published in Upper Turkey ...
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 15 newspapers that have been published in the area around Upper Turkey.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Upper Turkey, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Upper Turkey.
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 websites either 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 Upper Turkey:
- Websites specific to Kentucky
- Pages specific to Pike County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Floyd County
- Johnson County
- Knott County
- Lawrence County
- Magoffin County
- Martin County
- Buchanan County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- McDowell County
- Mingo County
- Wayne 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> | 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 Upper Turkey, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Upper Turkey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |