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Welcome to Turnage ...

Turnage is located in Edgecombe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Turnage, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

Turnage is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Turnage lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Turnage: 252

Communities near Turnage ...

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

  • Greenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Rocky Mount
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Wilson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Tarboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Winterville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Farmville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
    • Farmville is located in Pitt County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,747 people
  • Sharpsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Princeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeville
    • Princeville is located in Edgecombe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,901 people
  • Bethel
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Snow Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Snow Hill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snow Hill
    • Snow Hill is located in Greene County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,483 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snow Hill <3>

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 Turnage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Turnage.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Turnage. 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 Turnage.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Turnage ...

Looking for more information about Turnage? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Turnage, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Turnage.

Adding Turnage to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Turnage in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Turnage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Turnage post office opened in 1893.

We also found Turnage on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Turnage.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Edgecombe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turnage - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/