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History · Turner Township

Turner Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 33% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-198-181 and the Turner Township Bridge No. SE-18.

1872first post office
2on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Turner Township began

When was Turner Township founded?

1872

The Turner Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Turner (1872) and Hooker (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 204154 years
Founding year: the first Turner Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

2 historic places in Turner Township

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

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridg…
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-198-181Turner Township Bridge No. SE-18
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Pratt through truss1
Stone Arch1
All 2 listings
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-198-181Structure · listed 1999Turner Township Bridge No. SE-18Structure · listed 2000

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, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Turner
1872–1889
Hooker
1877–1954
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Hooker
Gone or out of use
Turnerlocale
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Turner Township
FrielingMelhus

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.

DavisIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSwan Lake TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMiddleton Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townDelaware TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCenterville Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHurley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Turner Township’s history

What year was Turner Township founded?

The Turner Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Turner Township?

Two places: the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-198-181 (listed 1999) and the Turner Township Bridge No. SE-18 (2000).

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.