Official Name: | Turner |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated town |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Clay County |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Clay County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clay |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Posey |
Coordinates: | 39.4983°N -87.1603°W |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 673 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 47834 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-76832[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 444989 |
Turner is an unincorporated town in Posey Township, Clay County, Indiana. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Turner is located at 39.4983°N -87.1603°W.
Turner was originally known as Newburg and was founded as such in 1854 by Joshua Modesitt along the Terre Haute and Indianapolis railroad. The post office was renamed Turner during the 1870s. When once thriving, the town had several general stores, a pottery, a United Brethran congregation, and several schools. The railroad is no longer in existence, although one can still observe evidence of such in the form of cleared paths through thickets in and around the town.[3]