Welcome to Turner ...

So far, we found very little information about Turner. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Turner to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Turner, please Contact Us.

Turner would have been located within present day Jasper County<2>.

The location of Turner has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Turner, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1896.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Turner is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Turner was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Turner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Turner - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas (2), California (2), Florida, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland (2), Michigan (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (3), Washington and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Turner.

Communities near Turner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Turner.

• Newton
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Newton is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newton <5>
• Grinnell
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinnell
  • Grinnell is located in Poweshiek County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,096 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grinnell <5>
• Monroe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
  • Monroe is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Monroe <5>
• Brooklyn
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooklyn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooklyn
  • Brooklyn is located in Poweshiek County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,390 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brooklyn <5>
• Montezuma
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montezuma have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
  • Montezuma is located in Poweshiek County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,388 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <5>
• New Sharon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Sharon
  • New Sharon is located in Mahaska County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,286 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Sharon <5>
• Baxter
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
  • Baxter is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,132 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter <5>
• Sully
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sully
  • Sully is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 826 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sully <5>
• Kellogg
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Kellogg is located in Jasper County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kellogg <5>
• Gilman
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilman
  • Gilman is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 484 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Turner. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Turner.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Turner. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Turner.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Turner. See our Newspapers Page for Turner.

Adding Turner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Turner in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Turner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Turner post office opened in 1896.

We also found Turner on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Turner.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/