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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 De Turksville (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 De Turksville. 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 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.

De Turksville is located in Schuylkill County.

To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Schuylkill County: Berks, Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne & Northumberland.

Below are the counties that are near De Turksville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to De Turksville:

  • Schuylkill County     (The home county of De Turksville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Paradise
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
      • Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
    • Echo Valley
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
    • Marstown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
    • Pine Grove
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Ravine
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
    • Moyers
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
      • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
    • Tremont
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
      • Tremont is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,656 people
    • Lorberry Junction
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
    • Friedensburg
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Donaldson
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Donaldson is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
    • East Franklin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Franklin is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Franklin
    • Beuchler
      (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
      • Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
  • Berks County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Bethel
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Meckville
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Meckville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
    • Schubert
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Schubert is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schubert
    • Rehrersburg
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
    • Strausstown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Aetna
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Wintersville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Wintersville is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
    • Shartlesville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • New Schaefferstown
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
    • Bernville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • North Heidelberg
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
    • Womelsdorf
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Carbon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Lansford
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Tresckow
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Tresckow is located in Carbon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tresckow
  • Columbia County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Locustdale
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Centralia
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Aristes
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
      • Aristes is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aristes
    • Newlin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Newlin is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newlin
    • Numidia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Numidia is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numidia
    • Slabtown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Slabtown is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slabtown
    • Queen City
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Queen City is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
    • Catawissa
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
    • Shumans
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
      • Shumans is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shumans
    • Mainville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Mainville is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mainville
    • Rupert
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Rupert is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rupert
    • Espy
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
      • Espy is located in Columbia County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espy
  • Dauphin County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Williamstown
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Dayton
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
      • Dayton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Erdman
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Erdman is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erdman
    • Lykens
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gratz
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Grantville
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Shellsville
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
    • Loyalton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
      • Loyalton is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyalton
    • Carsonville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
      • Carsonville is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carsonville
    • Manadahill
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
      • Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
    • Berrysburg
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Elizabethville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Lancaster County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Cocalico
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Cocalico is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cocalico
    • Blainsport
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Blainsport is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blainsport
    • Hopeland
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
    • Poplar Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
    • Brickerville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Mount Hope
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
    • Clay
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Clay is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
    • Elm
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Elm is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
    • Elstonville
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
    • Denver
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Denver is located in Lancaster County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,831 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Denver <1>
    • Stevens
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Brunnerville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Lebanon County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Greble
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
      • Greble is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greble
    • Fredericksburg
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Murray
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Murray is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
    • Gold Mine
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Gold Mine is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Mine
    • Mount Zion
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Mount Zion is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
    • Inwood
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Inwood is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inwood
    • Lickdale
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Lickdale is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lickdale
    • Myerstown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Green Point
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Green Point is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Point
    • Jonestown
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Avon Heights
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
      • Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
    • Bunker Hill
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Bunker Hill is located in Lebanon County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill
  • Lehigh County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Jacksonville
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
      • Jacksonville is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
    • Stines Corner
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
      • Stines Corner is located in Lehigh County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stines Corner
  • Luzerne County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Newtown
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • Newtown is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
    • Mountain Grove
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Mountain Grove is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Grove
    • Tomhicken
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
      • Tomhicken is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tomhicken
    • Harwood
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Harwood is located in Luzerne County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harwood
  • Montour County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Danville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mechanicsville
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Mechanicsville is located in Montour County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville
  • Northumberland County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Locust Gap
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Locust Gap is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Gap
    • Alaska
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Alaska is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alaska
    • Dooleyville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Dooleyville is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dooleyville
    • Mount Carmel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Gowen City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gowen City is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gowen City
    • Bear Valley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Bear Valley is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Valley
    • Leck Kill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Leck Kill is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leck Kill
    • Marshallton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Marshallton is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshallton
    • Natalie
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Natalie is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natalie
    • Shamokin
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamokin
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamokin <1>
    • Bear Gap
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Bear Gap is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Gap
    • Edgewood
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Edgewood is located in Northumberland County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
  • Snyder County
    • The following are listed by their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.
    • Dundore
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Dundore is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dundore
    • Port Trevorton
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Chapman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Chapman is located in Snyder County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapman

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to De Turksville, see our County-by-County Page for De Turksville.

Cemeteries Near De Turksville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of De Turksville.

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 De Turksville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for De Turksville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.

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>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that De Turksville had a population of 93 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from De Turksville, with the one closest to De Turksville listed first.

  • Pine Grove
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stanhope
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Stanhope is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanhope
  • Ravine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
  • Moyers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
  • Blackwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Blackwood is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackwood
  • Tremont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Tremont is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tremont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,656 people
  • Lorberry Junction
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
  • Beuchler
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
  • Exmoor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Exmoor is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exmoor
  • Swatara
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Swatara is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swatara
  • Friedensburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Donaldson
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Donaldson is located in Schuylkill County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • East Franklin
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • East Franklin is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Franklin
    • Rausch Creek
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Rausch Creek is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rausch Creek
    • Irving
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Irving is located in Schuylkill County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around De Turksville. See our List of 1890's Communities around De Turksville.

Newspapers Published in De Turksville ...

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 84 newspapers that have been published in the area around De Turksville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of De Turksville, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for De Turksville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to 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 De Turksville:

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 De Turksville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- De Turksville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.