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Welcome to Turnersville ...

Turnersville is located in Robertson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Turnersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1804.

Turnersville is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Turnersville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Turnersville: 615 & 629<3>

Communities Also Named Turnersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Turnersville - they are located in Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Turnersville ...

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

  • Cheap Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
  • Clarksville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Springfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Greenbrier
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Greenbrier is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
  • Millersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant View
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Ashland City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
  • Coopertown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Coopertown is located in Robertson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
  • Ridgetop
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Ridgetop is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgetop
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,122 people
  • Cross Plains
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Turnersville ...

Looking for more information about Turnersville? 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 Turnersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Turnersville.

Adding Turnersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Turnersville 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 (so far) for Turnersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Turnersville post office opened in 1804. The Turnersville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Turnersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Robertson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Turnersville - 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 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Turnersville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Turnersville 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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