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 Turkey Ridge (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 Turkey Ridge. 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.
Name Variations for Turkey Ridge ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Turkey Ridge: Turkey Rdg. (or less commonly used: Turkey Rdge. or Turkey Ridg.)
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Turkey Ridge. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Turkey Ridge.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
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 south 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.
Turkey Ridge is located in Clarion 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 Clarion County: Armstrong, Butler, Forest, Jefferson & Venango.
Below are the counties that are near Turkey Ridge. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Turkey Ridge:
- Clarion County (The home county of Turkey Ridge)
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Cooksburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Crown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Leeper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Helen Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Arthurs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Arthurs is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthurs
- Newmansville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Newmansville is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newmansville
- Wolfs Corners
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wolfs Corners is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfs Corners
- Day
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Day is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Day
- Strattanville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Clarion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Fryburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Marble
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Millville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Millville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville
- South Bethlehem
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- South Bethlehem is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 443 people
- McWilliams
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- McWilliams is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McWilliams
- Eddyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Eddyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddyville
- Putneyville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Putneyville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putneyville
- Deanville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Deanville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanville
- Dee
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dee is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dee
- Parker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tidal is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tidal
- Wattersonville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wattersonville is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattersonville
- Queenstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Queenstown is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queenstown
- Bradys Bend
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Bradys Bend is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradys Bend
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- DuBois
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sandy is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
- Treasure Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Treasure Lake is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Treasure Lake
- Stanley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Stanley is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanley
- Crawford County
- Titusville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Elk County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Millstone
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Millstone is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millstone
- Hallton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Hallton is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallton
- Lake City
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Russell City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Russell City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell City
- Horton City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Horton City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horton City
- Shawmut
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Shawmut is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawmut
- Brockport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Ridgway
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- McKinley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- McKinley is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKinley
- Windy City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Windy City is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy City
- Challenge
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Challenge is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Challenge
- Whistletown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Whistletown is located in Elk County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whistletown
- Forest County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Clarington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Redclyffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Gilfoyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gilfoyle is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilfoyle
- Roses
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Roses is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roses
- Marienville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Marienville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marienville
- Jamison
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jamison is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamison
- Tionesta
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Balltown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Balltown is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Balltown
- Iron City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Iron City is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron City
- Trunkeyville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Trunkeyville is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trunkeyville
- Sheffield Junction
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sheffield Junction is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheffield Junction
- Fagundus
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Fagundus is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fagundus
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Ella
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Sigel
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Corsica
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Corsica is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corsica
- Population from the 2020 Census: 342 people
- Howe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Howe is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Howe
- Baxter
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Baxter is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
- Summerville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Summerville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 501 people
- Brookville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Munderf
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Munderf is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Munderf
- Schoffner Corner
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Schoffner Corner is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schoffner Corner
- Hazen
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hazen is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazen
- Warsaw
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Warsaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warsaw
- Ohl
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Ohl is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohl
- Venango County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Fertigs
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Fertigs is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fertigs
- President
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- President is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for President
- Coal Hill
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Coal Hill is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Hill
- Hill City
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Hill City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill City
- Nickleville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Nickleville is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nickleville
- Pithole City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pithole City is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pithole City
- Plumer
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Plumer is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plumer
- Hasson Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hasson Heights is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hasson Heights
- Colonial Village
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Colonial Village is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Village
- Cranberry
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Cranberry is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranberry
- McClintock
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- McClintock is located in Venango County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McClintock
- Oil City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Warren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Henrys Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Henrys Mills is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrys Mills
- Hermit Spring
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Hermit Spring is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermit Spring
- Tidioute
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Barnes
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Barnes is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnes
- Donaldson
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Hoover
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Hoover is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoover
- Enterprise
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Enterprise is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Enterprise
- Cobham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Cobham is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobham
- Sheffield
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Saybrook
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Saybrook is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saybrook
- Roystone
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Roystone is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roystone
- Selkirk
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Selkirk is located in Warren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selkirk
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Turkey Ridge, see our County-by-County Page for Turkey Ridge.
Cemeteries Near Turkey Ridge ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Turkey Ridge.
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 Turkey Ridge - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Turkey Ridge covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Cook Forest Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Hominy Ridge Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- St. Mary's Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for St. Mary's Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the St. Mary's Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in the vicinity of Crown
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #366360 <2>
- Miola Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cedarview Memorial Park
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- St. Dominics Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Tabor Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Blue Ridge Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Asbury Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Roses Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Dehner Cemetery
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (121 more) ...
- Clarion Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarion Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Clarion Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located in Clarion.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #230169 <2>
- Old Seceder Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Venus Cemetery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Venus Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Venus Cemetery is located between<3> the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery lies less than 2 miles<4> to the southeast of Venus.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #46568 <2>
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.<5>
While we didn't find Turkey Ridge in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Turkey Ridge.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Turkey Ridge, with the one closest to Turkey Ridge listed first.
- Gravel Lick
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Gravel Lick is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gravel Lick
- Cooksburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Ella
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Ella is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ella
- Helen Furnace
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Helen Furnace is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Helen Furnace
- Crown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Crown is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown
- Fisher
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Fisher is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
- North Pine Grove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- North Pine Grove is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pine Grove
- Leeper
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Tylersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Snydersburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Snydersburg is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snydersburg
- Lucinda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Clarington
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Redclyffe
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Redclyffe is located in Forest County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redclyffe
- Vowinckel
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Miola
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Miola is located in Clarion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miola
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Turkey Ridge. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turkey Ridge.
Newspapers Published in Turkey Ridge ...
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 45 newspapers that have been published in the area around Turkey Ridge.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Turkey Ridge, there are papers which were published within 16 miles [25.7 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Turkey Ridge.
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 Turkey Ridge:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Clarion County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Clearfield County
- Crawford County
- Elk County
- Forest County
- Jefferson County
- Venango County
- Warren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
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> | To help visualize the location of the cemetery, we've drawn a straight line between the communities of Venus and Fryburg. The cemetery can be found near that line and roughly halfway between the two communities. Remember that this is just an approximate location. |
| <4> | 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- Turkey Ridge) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <5> | 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 Turkey Ridge, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |