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History · Turkey Creek

Turkey Creek’s post office opened in 1879

Most of Turkey Creek was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1999. Below: maps from 1935 on and the census since 1960.

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How Turkey Creek began

When was Turkey Creek founded?

1879

The Turkey Creek post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 279 in 19602020 census: 394147 years
Founding year: the first Turkey Creek post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Turkey Creek’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Turkey Creek, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Turkey Creek yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Turkey Creek is a village in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Turkey Creek had a population of 394.

Its first post office opened in 1879. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 441 to 394 (-11%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Turkey Creek, decade by decade

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On the map

Turkey Creek on the map, 1935 to 1967

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Turkey Creek. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Turkey Creek on the 1935 USGS mapTurkey Creek on the 1949 USGS mapTurkey Creek on the 1967 USGS map1935Turkey Creek sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Turkey Creek.

People over time

Turkey Creek, census by census

01002003004001960198020002020Peak: 441

Between 279 and 441 people in every census since 1960.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Turkey Creek’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Turkey Creek’s history

What year was Turkey Creek founded?

The Turkey Creek post office opened in 1879, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

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 (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.