Turnerville Georgia Map

About Turnerville, Georgia

Turnerville is a locality in Habersham County, Georgia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 18.0 people per km². Turnerville is located at 34.6868°N, 83.4260°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 30523, 30580.

Turnerville occupies a stretch of high, red-clay ground where the air often carries the damp, cooling scent of the earth after a heavy rain. It lies 35.2 miles northeast of Gainesville, GA (from Gainesville, GA: bearing 40°T), and is situated 9.2 miles northwest of Toccoa. The landscape surrounding Turnerville is defined by the dense, verdant expanse of the Chattahoochee National Forest, which presses close enough that the shadows of the trees seem to lean into the very edges of the streets. To the north, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the horizon, while the terrain closer at hand is carved by the persistent movement of Panther Creek. Only a mile away, the quiet surface of Hardman Lake reflects the sky in a stillness that contrasts with the more dramatic descent of the land toward Tallulah Gorge, where the water gathers its strength before tumbling over the rocks at Cascade Falls.

Turnerville grew from the steady labor of those who cleared the timber and worked the iron-rich soil, creating a life defined by the seasonal cycles of the inland forest. The economy remains tethered to the slow pulse of the timber and agricultural trades, where the work is marked by the calloused hands of the generations who stayed to cultivate this specific patch of the piedmont. Life in Turnerville moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, indifferent to the frantic pace of the distant urban centers. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, when the light turns the color of burnt honey, the residents of Turnerville recognize the particular stillness that descends, a silence that belongs only to the woods and the water nearby.

About This Turnerville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Turnerville, Georgia. Coordinates: 34.686762, -83.426. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Turnerville includes the ZIP code (30523, 30580), telephone area code (770, 678), county seat of Habersham County (Clarkesville), and school district assignment.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.