Welcome to Turtleville ...
Turtleville is located in Union County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Turtleville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.
Turtleville is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Turtleville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Turtleville: 570 & 272<3>
Communities near Turtleville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Turtleville.
- Sunbury
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Shamokin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Milton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
- Milton is located in Northumberland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,550 people
- Selinsgrove
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Selinsgrove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selinsgrove
- Selinsgrove is located in Snyder County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,913 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selinsgrove <4>
- Danville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Northumberland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mifflinburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mifflinburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflinburg
- Mifflinburg is located in Union County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,445 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mifflinburg <4>
- Kulpmont
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kulpmont have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kulpmont
- Kulpmont is located in Northumberland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,735 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kulpmont <4>
- Muncy
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Watsontown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
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 Turtleville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Turtleville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Turtleville. 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 Turtleville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Turtleville. See our Newspapers Page for Turtleville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Turtleville ...
Looking for more information about Turtleville? 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 Turtleville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Turtleville.
Adding Turtleville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Turtleville 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 Turtleville was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Turtleville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turtleville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Turtleville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Turtleville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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. |