The story
Read it all →How Turbett Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Turbett Township.
The Lehman's, Port Royal Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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History · Turbett Township
21% of Turbett Township’s homes were built before 1940
Below: maps from 1950 on and the census since 1850.
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Turbett Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Turbett Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Turbett Township’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.Timeline
Turbett Township, 1890 to 1950
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1890Post officeThe Kilmer post office opens
- 20th century
- 1934Post officeThe Kilmer post office closes
- 1950
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade
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Turbett Township on the map, 1950 to 1961
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Turbett Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1950Harrisburg sheet · 1:250,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Turbett Township.
People over time
Turbett Township, census by census
Between 520 and 1,399 people in every census since 1850.
18 censuses, 1850–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Turbett Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Turbett Township
Nobody well known was born in Turbett Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Another post office, Kilmer, opened and closed inside today’s town.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Old PortTuscarora
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Turbett Township
KilmerNew Church HillOld Church Hill
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Turbett Township’s history
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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 Wikipedia, 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.