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History · Turner Colony

Half of Turner Colony’s homes were built after 1984

Most of Turner Colony was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1920 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Turner Colony’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Turner Colony are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Turner Colony, in brief

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

Turner Colony is a Hutterite community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blaine County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Turner Colony had a population of 135. It is in the northeast part of the county, on the east side of Secondary Highway 241, 7 miles (11 km) south of Turner and 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Harlem. Turner Colony was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.

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

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Turner Colony on the map, 1920 to 1984

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

Turner Colony on the 1920 USGS mapTurner Colony on the 1984 USGS map1920Avery sheet · 1:125,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Turner Colony

Nobody well known was born in Turner Colony itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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George Horse-CaptureMuseum curator, anthropologist, Native American… · b. 1937
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Mike LangAmerican politician in Montana
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Rowlie HuttonMontana legislator
Places that used to be

Places now gone

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Turner Colony Schoolschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.