The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusTurner is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. The population was 2,454 at the 2020 census, up from 1,854 in 2010. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on February 10, 1905. Since 1971, it has been the location of the Enchanted Forest amusement park.
Turner was established in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 1,854 to 2,454 (+32%). Half of its homes were built before 2003.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Turner yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Turner’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Turner’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Turner, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Turner is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Turner has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Delaney-Edwards House in Turner, 1.1 miles away.
Turner and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.