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38.481487, -81.311229
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We found 41 communities that share the name Turner.
There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Turner.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 40 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 40 communities, 40 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
Communities Located In West Virginia ...
Lewis County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Turner [Lewis County].
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Choctaw County
This Turner is located in Choctaw County and lies 599 miles [964 km]<2> to the southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Choctaw County community of Turner.
Shelby County
This Turner is located in Shelby County and lies 479 miles [770.9 km] to the southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shelby County community of Turner.
Talladega County
This Turner is located in Talladega County and lies 431 miles [693.6 km] to the southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Talladega County community of Turner.
Arkansas
Mississippi County
This Turner is located in Mississippi County and lies 514 miles [827.2 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi County community of Turner.
Phillips County
This Turner is located in Phillips County and lies 605 miles [973.7 km] to the west southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Phillips County community of Turner.
California
San Joaquin County
This Turner is located in San Joaquin County and lies 2,149 miles [3,458.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the San Joaquin County community of Turner.
Sonoma County
This Turner is located in Sonoma County and lies 2,224 miles [3,579.2 km] to the west northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Sonoma County community of Turner.
Florida
Hillsborough County
This Turner is located in Hillsborough County and lies 727 miles [1,170 km]<2> to the south of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Turner.
Idaho
Caribou County
This Turner is located in Caribou County and lies 1,616 miles [2,600.7 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caribou County community of Turner.
Idaho County
This Turner is located in Idaho County and lies 1,826 miles [2,938.7 km] to the west northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Idaho County community of Turner.
Illinois
DuPage County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Turner [DuPage County].
Indiana
Clay County
This Turner is located in Clay County and lies 321 miles [516.6 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Turner.
Iowa
Jasper County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Turner [Jasper County].
Kansas
Wyandotte County
This Turner is located in Wyandotte County and lies 721 miles [1,160.3 km]<2> to the west of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandotte County community of Turner.
Kentucky
Breathitt County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Turner [Breathitt County].
Maine
Androscoggin County
This Turner is located in Androscoggin County and lies 697 miles [1,121.7 km]<2> to the northeast of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Androscoggin County community of Turner.
Maryland
Baltimore County
This Turner is located in Baltimore County and lies 263 miles [423.3 km]<2> to the east northeast of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Baltimore County community of Turner.
Talbot County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Turner [Talbot County].
Michigan
Arenac County
This Turner is located in Arenac County and lies 411 miles [661.4 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Arenac County community of Turner.
Dickinson County
This Turner is located in Dickinson County and lies 625 miles [1,005.8 km] to the north northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dickinson County community of Turner.
Mississippi
Tallahatchie County
This Turner is located in Tallahatchie County and lies 588 miles [946.3 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tallahatchie County community of Turner.
Tunica County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Turner [Tunica County].
Missouri
Greene County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Turner [Greene County].
New Madrid County
This Turner is located in New Madrid County and lies 488 miles [785.4 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the New Madrid County community of Turner.
Montana
Blaine County
This Turner is located in Blaine County and lies 1,519 miles [2,444.6 km]<2> to the northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Blaine County community of Turner.
Nebraska
Holt County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Turner [Holt County].
New Mexico
Roosevelt County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Roosevelt County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Roosevelt County community of Turner.
Ohio
Logan County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Logan County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Logan County community of Turner.
Tuscarawas County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Turner [Tuscarawas County].
Oklahoma
Love County
This Turner is located in Love County and lies 943 miles [1,517.6 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Love County community of Turner.
Ontario
This Turner lies 518 miles [833.6 km]<2> to the north of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
Oregon
Marion County
This Turner is located in Marion County and lies 2,167 miles [3,487.4 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Turner.
Pennsylvania
Crawford County
This Turner is located in Crawford County and lies 213 miles [342.8 km]<2> to the north of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Crawford County community of Turner.
Mercer County
This Turner is located in Mercer County and lies 199 miles [320.3 km] to the north northeast of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Turner.
South Carolina
Aiken County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Turner [Aiken County].
Texas
Brazoria County
This Turner is located in Brazoria County and lies 1,006 miles [1,619 km]<2> to the west southwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Brazoria County community of Turner.
Virginia
Brunswick County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Turner [Brunswick County].
Greensville County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Turner [Greensville County].
Isle of Wight County
This Turner is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 273 miles [439.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Turner.
Washington
Columbia County
This Turner is located in Columbia County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km]<2> to the west northwest of the Turner that is located in Kanawha County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Columbia County community of Turner.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Turner ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Cotton (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Turner to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Turner and extending to:
Charleston, which is the Seat of Kanawha County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Turner to Charleston, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
Charleston, which is the State Capital of West Virginia, lies 19 miles [30.6 km] to the west southwest (WSW). The buggy would take 6 hours and walking would take just over a day.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 232 miles [373.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 14 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,094 miles [9,807.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,808 miles [10,956.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,683 miles [7,536.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Turner could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a '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- Turner) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Turner. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.4815, Longitude: -81.3112 In this case, the coordinates for Turner have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<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 Turner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Turner to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.464 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.307 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.682 degrees.