Drinking water stations with addresses in Turkey and their reported violations in the past:
GREATER SIX RUNS MISS BAPT CH (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-22-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-18-2002 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-19-2002 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: |  35.0% | | Whole state: |  12.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 26.2% | | Whole state: | 5.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Turkey, NC
Turkey compared to North Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Sampson County North Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
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Religion statistics for Turkey
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 46.43%
| Here | | 46.4% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Original Free Will Baptists | International Pentecostal Holiness Church |
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| Adherents | 49.0% | 15.8% | 13.6% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
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| Congregations | 39.3% | 2.6% | 19.7% | 6.0% | 8.5% |
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| Name | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Church of God of Prophecy | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 2.3% |
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| Congregations | 6.0% | 4.3% | 1.7% | 5.1% | 6.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $1,807 | $21,684 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $1,807 | $21,684 | 0 | $0 |
Turkey government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $15,000
Solid Waste Management: $9,000
All Other: $2,000
Parks & Recreation: $0
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $40,000
Central Staff Services: $20,000
Sewerage: $19,000
Solid Waste Management: $15,000
General - Other: $13,000
Water Utilities: $8,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000
General Public Buildings: $2,000
Financial Administration: $1,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $33,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $2,000
General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $77,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $6,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $11,000
General Support: $6,000
- Tax - Property: $15,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $10,000
5.28% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($28,915 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.28% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($216 average AGI)| Sampson County: | 0.06% | | North Carolina average: | 0.17% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,069 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.15% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Turkey:
- WCLN (1170 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINTON, NC; Owner: BROADCASTING GOOD NEWS, INC.)
- WDJS (1430 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT OLIVE, NC; Owner: MOUNT OLIVE BROADCASTING CO.)
- WRRZ (880 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CLINTON, NC; Owner: WRRZ RADIO COMPANY, INC.)
- WPTF (680 AM; 50 kW; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: FIRST STATE COMMUNICATIONS)
- WCKB (780 AM; 7 kW; DUNN, NC; Owner: NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- WFNC (640 AM; 10 kW; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFTK (1030 AM; daytime; 50 kW; WAKE FOREST, NC; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WSMO (1120 AM; 20 kW; CAMP LEJEUNE, NC; Owner: CTC MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WGBR (1150 AM; 5 kW; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- WPYB (1130 AM; daytime; 7 kW; BENSON, NC; Owner: BENSON-DUNN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WRNS (960 AM; 5 kW; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WETC (540 AM; 8 kW; WENDELL-ZEBULON, NC; Owner: CAROLINA REGIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WSTK (910 AM; 5 kW; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Turkey:
- WRNS-FM (95.1 FM; KINSTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WYMY (96.9 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, LTD.)
- WRAL (101.5 FM; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAL-FM, INC.)
- WERO (93.3 FM; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
- WNCT-FM (107.9 FM; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: WNCT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKXB (99.9 FM; BURGAW, NC; Owner: SEA-COMM, INC.)
- WHQR (91.3 FM; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: FRIENDS OF PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WTRG (100.7 FM; ROCKY MOUNT, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WRDU (106.1 FM; WILSON, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WZFX (99.1 FM; WHITEVILLE, NC; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCLN-FM (107.3 FM; CLINTON, NC; Owner: CHRISTIAN LISTENING NETWORK, INC.)
- WKIX (102.3 FM; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: NEW AGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WQSM (98.1 FM; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WRCQ (103.5 FM; DUNN, NC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WZKB (94.3 FM; WALLACE, NC; Owner: JG & J BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Turkey:
- WECT (Channel 6; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WTVD (Channel 11; DURHAM, NC; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WRAL-TV (Channel 5; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WITN-TV (Channel 7; WASHINGTON, NC; Owner: WITN LICENSEE CORP.)
- WNCT-TV (Channel 9; GREENVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WNCN (Channel 17; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WCTI-TV (Channel 12; NEW BERN, NC; Owner: EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WUNM-TV (Channel 19; JACKSONVILLE, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WLFL (Channel 22; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WLFL LICENSEE, LLC)
- WRDC (Channel 28; DURHAM, NC; Owner: RALEIGH (WRDC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
- WRAZ (Channel 50; RALEIGH, NC; Owner: WRAZ-TV, INC.)
- WUVC (Channel 40; FAYETTEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPITAL BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
- WRAY-TV (Channel 30; WILSON, NC; Owner: WRAY, INC.)
- WUNJ-TV (Channel 39; WILMINGTON, NC; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WHFL-LP (Channel 56; GOLDSBORO, NC; Owner: FREE LIFE MINISTRIES, INC.)
Turkey fatal accident list:
Jul 4, 1980 07:45 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3- 5526 Turkey Hwy, Type: Tower, Structure height: 137 m, Overall height: 143 m
Registrant: Coharie Mill & Trucking Corp, 300 Westover Rd, Clinton, NC 28328, Phone: (910) 592-0105, Email:
- b carter, 134 Need More Road (029416 / Lucas), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 93.5 m
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 1898 Leland Drive, Marietta, GA 30067, Phone: (678) 265-6770, Email:
- Stephanie I Jones, 6997 Turkey Hwy (Elliott), Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 92.7 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1- Call Sign: W4BKG, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 06/06/1995, Expiration Date: 06/06/2005, Cancelation Date: 06/07/2007
Registrant: Edward D Mc Gowen, Turkey, NC 28393
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1- Aircraft: BELL 206B (Rotorcraft, Category: Land, Seats: 5, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 112 mph), Engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20J (420 HP) (Turbo-shaft)
N-Number: 224EE , Serial Number: 4576, Year manufactured: 2004, Airworthiness Date: 03/05/2004
Registrant (Individual): James Donald Sutton, 4674 Rowan Rd, Turkey, NC 28393
Turkey on our top lists:
- #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop 50,000+)"
- #47 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
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