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Turbot Township dates to 1750, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

More historic than 61% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Below: maps from 1924 on.

1750founded
0on the National Register
11%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Turbot Township began

When was Turbot Township founded?

1750

Turbot Township dates its founding to 1750 (Wikidata).

2020 census: 1,815276 years

How historic is Turbot Township?

B

More historic than 61% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

What drives the grade ↓
Founding year: Wikidata.
History grade

What drives Turbot Township’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Turbot Township is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.

B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Turbot Township’s overall grade.
Founding era1750, from Wikidata: founded before 1776, an older era than 96% of U.S. townsA+Homes built before 194010.7% of homes (±3.8) · typical PA town 17.7% · U.S. 8.4%B−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical PA town 2.1 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 61%
NewerOlder

Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Turbot Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

NoteThe founding year comes from Wikidata alone; no second source gives 1750.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±3.8 points).

Founding year: Wikidata (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Turbot Township’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 Turbot Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Older than the countryEstablished in 1750, 26 years before the Declaration of Independence.On the map since 19245 editions of the USGS map, 1924 to 1998. Watch Turbot Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Turbot 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.
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Timeline

Turbot Township, 1750 to 1924

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

  1. 18th century
  2. 1750
    FoundingTurbot Township is established
  3. 19th century
  4. 1885Born hereHelen Fairchild is born here
  5. 20th century
  6. 1924On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
On the map

Turbot Township on the map, 1924 to 1998

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

Turbot Township on the 1924 USGS mapTurbot Township on the 1953 USGS mapTurbot Township on the 1965 USGS mapTurbot Township on the 1973 USGS mapTurbot Township on the 1998 USGS map1924Milton 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 Turbot Township.

The story so far

Turbot Township, in brief

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

Turbot Township is a township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population at the 2010 Census was 1,806, an increase over the figure of 1,677 tabulated in 2000.

Turbot Township was established in 1750. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,806 in 2010, 1,815 in 2020.

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

By decade

Turbot Township, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Turbot Township Rural2011Turbot Township Rural
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Muddy Run SchoolschoolParadise SchoolschoolPoint Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Turbot Township
Saint Josephs

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.

Milton4 historic placesA+White Deer Township1 historic placeB−Limestone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNew ColumbiaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEast Chillisquaque Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelaware Township4 historic placesBWest Chillisquaque Township2 historic placesB+Lewis Township1 historic placeA−

Questions about Turbot Township’s history

What year was Turbot Township founded?

In 1750, according to Wikidata.

How does Turbot Township rank for history?

Turbot Township is more historic than 61% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Turbot Township?

11% of Turbot Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±3.8 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1971.

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).

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.