Turnerville Wyoming Map

About Turnerville, Wyoming

Turnerville is a locality in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States. It is a small community with a population of 222. The population density is 17.6 people per km². Turnerville is located at 42.8588°N, 110.9019°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Denver) timezone. ZIP code: 83112.

Turnerville occupies a stretch of high-altitude prairie where the horizon seems to pull the sky down until it brushes the sagebrush. It lies 43.5 miles south of Jackson, WY (from Jackson, WY: bearing 189°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north of Afton. Aspen Creek carves a shallow, verdant ribbon through the sage, providing a persistent, rhythmic murmur that softens the stark silence of the plains. To the west, the shadow of the Bridger National Forest looms as a dark, serrated edge against the light, while the mouth of Dry Canyon offers a jagged, limestone-streaked gateway into the earth. The air here holds a sharp, thin clarity that makes the distant silhouettes of the Rocky Mountains appear deceptively close, their snow-dusted peaks shimmering in the pale, uncompromising light of the late afternoon.

Turnerville emerged from the quiet necessity of ranching and timber, its character defined by the sturdy, unadorned architecture of homesteaders who learned to endure the long, isolating winters. The local economy remains tethered to the land, moving in sync with the seasonal demands of livestock and the quiet stewardship of the nearby Bridger National Forest. Life in Turnerville proceeds with a deliberate, measured pace, unbothered by the frantic pulse of the outside world, as residents look toward the seasonal migrations and the slow cycles of the high-desert climate. Those who stay often find a peculiar beauty in the way autumn light turns the grasses into burnished copper, a color that seems to seep into the very grain of the wooden fences and weathered barns that dot the surrounding landscape.

About This Turnerville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Turnerville, Wyoming. Coordinates: 42.858815, -110.90187. 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 (83112), telephone area code (307), county seat of Lincoln County (Kemmerer), and school district assignment (Lincoln County School District 2).

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.