Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1905 on, and the census since 1820.
Turin dates its founding to 1800 (Wikipedia’s history). The census first counted it in 1820.
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 Turin’s history is told.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Turin. 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 Turin.
From Wikipedia’s history of Turin.
The town of Turin was established in 1800 from the town of Mexico (Oswego County). In 1803, part of Turin was used to create the town of Martinsburg. Another part of Turin was added to Martinsburg in 1819. The town of West Turin formed from another part of Turin in 1830.
On August 7, 2023, an EF3 tornado hit the town, causing significant damage.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Turin, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Subsequently, from about 1853 to 1869, he was engaged in miUing at the same place, and in Houseville, in the town of Turin, to which place he removed in 1856. While a resident of West Turin, he held the office of Justice, served as Town Clerk, and held for three successive years, from 1852, the office of Super-
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.
Commissioners living in Oneida county to lay out a road from Whitesboro, through to intersect the State road at Turin.* The road was surveyed by John Hammond, but its proposed location gave much dissatisfaction in Turin.
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
In the archiveUnsigned, incomplete journal describing steamboat travels to Turin, New York, July 19 to …
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological SurveyOne decade in the archive so far: the 1810s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
Between 761 and 1,849 people in every census since 1820.
20 censuses, 1820–2010.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Turin’s Wikipedia page.
Turin’s post office has been open since 1803. Another post office, Houseville, opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
In 1800, according to Wikipedia’s history of the town. Turin’s post office opened in 1803, and the census of 1820 counted 1,812 people here.
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 (2), Wikipedia, 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), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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