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History · Turkey Valley Township

Turkey Valley Township’s post office opened in 1892, and 55% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Ingebrigtsen-Hinseth Farmstead and the Nels Merk Farmstead.

1892first post office
2on the National Register
55%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Turkey Valley Township began

When was Turkey Valley Township founded?

1892

The Turkey Valley Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Turkey Valley (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 158134 years
Founding year: the first Turkey Valley Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Turkey Valley Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
11
each building in a district counts
first listed
1980
Ingebrigtsen-Hinseth Farmstead
Ingebrigtsen-Hinseth FarmsteadNels Merk Farmstead
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Victorian Cottage1
Eastlake1
Queen Anne1
All 2 listings
Ingebrigtsen-Hinseth FarmsteadBuilding · listed 1980Nels Merk FarmsteadBuilding · listed 1980

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Another post office, Turkey Valley, opened and closed inside today’s town.

5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Turkey Valley Township
HillcrestMeldalSalemTurkey Valley BaptistTurkey Valley Lutheran

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.

Irene1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMayfield Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMarindahl Township4 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSpring Valley Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDaneville Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Turkey Valley Township’s history

What year was Turkey Valley Township founded?

The Turkey Valley Township post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Turkey Valley Township?

Two places: the Ingebrigtsen-Hinseth Farmstead (listed 1980) and the Nels Merk Farmstead (1980).

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 the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.