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History · Turnersville

Turnersville dates to 1990

Most of Turnersville was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1891 on and the census since 1990.

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How Turnersville began

When was Turnersville founded?

1990

Turnersville dates its founding to 1990 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1990.

First census: 3,843 in 19902020 census: 3,59436 years
Founding year: Wikidata.

What stands out about Turnersville’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 Turnersville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18917 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1994. Watch Turnersville change.
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Start Turnersville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Turnersville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Turnersville on the map, 1891 to 1994

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

Turnersville on the 1891 USGS mapTurnersville on the 1920 USGS mapTurnersville on the 1943 USGS mapTurnersville on the 1952 USGS mapTurnersville on the 1967 USGS mapTurnersville on the 1981 USGS mapTurnersville on the 1994 USGS map1891Philadelphia 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 Turnersville.

The story so far

Turnersville, in brief

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

Turnersville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Washington Township, in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Turnersville had a population of 3,594. The community was named for the Turner family, one of the original families of Washington Township. The area falls under the 08012 ZIP Code for Blackwood.

Turnersville was established in 1990. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,742 to 3,594 (-4%).

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

Timeline

Turnersville, 1891 to 1990

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 20th century
  4. 1979Born hereJamal Whitehead is born here
  5. 1990
    FoundingTurnersville is established
By decade

Turnersville, decade by decade

Today3 recent
Diamond Furniture with windows boarded up2011Diamond Furniture with windows boarded upTURNERSVILLE 1864 POST OFFICE, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJ2007TURNERSVILLE 1864 POST OFFICE, GLOUCESTER COUNTY, NJTurnersville cdp nj 0152005Turnersville cdp nj 015
People over time

Turnersville, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00020002020Peak: 3,867

Between 3,594 and 3,867 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Washington Township1 historic placeC+Gloucester Township7 historic placesA−GrenlochIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Turnersville’s history

What year was Turnersville founded?

In 1990, according to Wikidata. the census of 1990 counted 3,843 people here.

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 (3), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.