Unincorporated community in the American state of Missouri
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The location of Turners in Missouri.
Turners or Turner is a small unincorporated community in Greene County, Missouri, United States.[1] It lies on the southeast side of the James River floodplain approximately 3.5 miles east of U.S. Route 65 in east Springfield. The community lies at the intersection of Routes D and J near the confluence of Turner Creek with the James River. The old St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (currently the BNSF Railway) passed through the community.[2][3]
A post office called Turners has been in operation since 1889.[4] The community carries the surname of an original owner of the site.[5][6]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Turners, Missouri
- ^ Ozark, MO, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1945
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ "Greene County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
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- ^ Turner's Missouri. By Rhonda Turner. White River Valley Historical Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 4 - Summer 1983. Accessed 5 November 2023.
37°10′51″N 93°09′20″W / 37.18083°N 93.15556°W / 37.18083; -93.15556
