Welcome to Turtle Lake ...So far, we found very little information about Turtle Lake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Turtle Lake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Turtle Lake, please Contact Us. Turtle Lake would have been located within present day Concordia Parish<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Turtle Lake, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. A typical abbreviation for Turtle Lake: Turtle Lk. While the community is gone, the present day location for Turtle Lake is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Turtle Lake was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Turtle Lake was located: 318 & 457<4> Communities Also Named Turtle Lake ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Turtle Lake - they are located in Manitoba, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Turtle Lake. Communities near Turtle Lake ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Turtle Lake.
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 Turtle Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Turtle Lake. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Turtle Lake. 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 Turtle Lake. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Turtle Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Turtle Lake. Adding Turtle Lake to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Turtle Lake. Footnotes ...
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