Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Turrell was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1992. Its Register listing is the Turrell City Hall, Old. Below: maps from 1940 on and the census since 1930.
The Turrell post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Turrell’s history is told.
Peaked at 1,041 in 1980; 517 people lived here in 2020.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Turrell’s Wikipedia page.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Turrell yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Turrell is a city in Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 517.
Its first post office opened in 1901. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 615 to 517 (-16%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
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2005ARMap-doton-TurrellEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Turrell. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Turrell.
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Nobody well known was born in Turrell itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
The Turrell post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
One place: the Turrell City Hall, Old (listed 2007).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From Wikimedia Commons (16), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
