Turkey Scratch Church

The community around Turkey Scratch Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Poverty Rate: 31.3% (20.9–41.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.2%
• Unemployment: 9.5% (2.8–16.2%)
• Obesity: 40.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Turkey Scratch Church

• Mount Morilla M.B. Church — 3 mi away in Lamont, FL
• Lamont Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Lamont, FL
• Central Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Sanctified Church — 5.2 mi away
• Thompson Valley Church — 5.3 mi away
• Saint Mathews Church — 5.8 mi away in Greenville, FL
• New Zion Church — 5.9 mi away in Greenville, FL
• Saint Paul Church — 6.2 mi away in Greenville, FL
• Mount Olive Church — 6.3 mi away in Lamont, FL
• Mt. Mariah Ministries — 6.5 mi away in Lamont, FL