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 Turners (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 Turners. 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 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.
Turners is located in Greene County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk & Webster.
Below are the counties that are near Turners. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turners:
- Greene County (The home county of Turners)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Mumford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Langston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Sequiota
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sequiota is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sequiota
- Strafford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Battlefield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Battlefield is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battlefield
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,665 people
- Fair Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Brookline Station
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brookline Station is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline Station
- Brookline
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Brookline is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookline
- Willard
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bois D'Arc
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Ash Grove
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Christian County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Pembina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pembina is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembina
- Linden
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Linden is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
- Cassidy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Fremont Hills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fremont Hills is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fremont Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 936 people
- Ozark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Velsor ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Velsor is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Velsor
- Nixa
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Nixa is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nixa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 23,330 people
- Former name for Nixa:
- Faught
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nixa <1>
- Sparta
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Bruner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bruner is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruner
- Oldfield
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Oldfield is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oldfield
- Elkhead
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Elkhead is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkhead
- Chadwick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Chadwick is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chadwick
- Dallas County
- Charity ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Charity is located in Dallas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Douglas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Johns Mills ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Johns Mills is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Mills
- Arden
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Arden is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arden
- Red Bank
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Red Bank is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bank
- Laclede County
- Conway
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Lawrence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Halltown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Marionville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Polk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Tin Town
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Tin Town is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tin Town
- Goodnight
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Goodnight is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodnight
- Estimated population in 2019: 18 people
- Goodnight has also been known as:
- Goodnight village
- Pleasant Hope
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Brighton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Morrisville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Graydon Springs
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Graydon Springs is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graydon Springs
- Wishart
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Wishart is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishart
- Eudora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Eudora is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eudora
- Halfway
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Halfway is located in Polk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halfway
- Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Union City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Union City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
- Ponce de Leon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Ponce de Leon is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ponce de Leon
- White City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- White City is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
- Hurley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Bradfield
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Bradfield is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfield
- Oto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Oto is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oto
- Crane
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Taney County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Day
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Bradleyville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Bradleyville is located in Taney County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradleyville
- Webster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fordland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Northview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northview is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
- Crown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Crown is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Conklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Conklin is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conklin
- Olga
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Olga is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olga
- Diggins
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Diggins is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
- Marshfield
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sarvis Point
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sarvis Point is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sarvis Point
- Elkland
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Elkland is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkland
- Seymour
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Niangua
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Niangua is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
- Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
- Wright County
- Odin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Odin is located in Wright County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odin
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turners, see our County-by-County Page for Turners.
Cemeteries Near Turners ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turners.
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 Turners - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turners covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Pursley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- McCraw Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Webb Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Kershner Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Logan Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Parsley Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Bodenhamer Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Roberts Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Potter Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lee Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hopewell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Wilkerson Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (304 more) ...
- Palmetto Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Rivermonte Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Kelly Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
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.<3>
While we didn't find Turners in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turners.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turners, with the one closest to Turners listed first.
- Mumford
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Mumford is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mumford
- Palace ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Palace is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palace
- Palmetto
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Palmetto is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palmetto
- Langston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Langston is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langston
- Galloway
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Galloway is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Henderson
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Henderson is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henderson
- Strafford
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Rogersville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Compton ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Compton is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Springfield
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Pembina
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Pembina is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembina
- Cassidy
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Cassidy is located in Christian County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cassidy
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ozark
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Fordland
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Northview
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Northview is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northview
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turners. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turners.
Newspapers Published in Turners ...
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 117 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turners.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turners, there are papers which were published within 25 miles [40.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turners.
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 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 Turners:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Christian County
- Dallas County
- Douglas County
- Laclede County
- Lawrence County
- Polk County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Webster County
- Wright County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
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> | 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. |
| <3> | 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 Turners, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Turners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |