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Turners Falls
MassachusettsCDP
Turners Falls
Total population
4,124
Median home value
$246,700
Bachelor's+
Median income
$54,772
Air quality index
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Turners Falls is an unincorporated village and census-designated place in the town of Montague in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,512 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its name is often used as a metonym for the entire town of Montague, for which it is the business district and comprises more than half the population.
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Geography
Turners Falls is located at (42.598943, -72.556809). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (17.02%) is water.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Demographics & economy
Race & ethnicity
Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Current forecast
Forecast for Turners Falls, MA from NOAA NWS API.
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Industrial & pollution facilities
Natural hazard risk
Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves9,472
- Blue JayCyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves8,820
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves7,681
- American RobinTurdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves7,093
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves7,060
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves6,916
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves6,426
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves6,407
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Greater Commonwealth Virtual SchoolOther · Greenfield · 1,155 students · 16:1 ratio
- Frontier RegionalHigh · South Deerfield · 606 students · 11:1 ratio
- Franklin County TechnicalHigh · Turners Falls · 602 students · 10.6:1 ratio
- Greenfield HighHigh · Greenfield · 454 students · 10.8:1 ratio
- Deerfield ElementaryElementary · South Deerfield · 309 students · 9.4:1 ratio
- Greenfield MiddleMiddle · Greenfield · 300 students · 10:1 ratio
- Buckland-Shelburne RegionalElementary · Shelburne Falls · 274 students · 16.1:1 ratio
- Pioneer Valley RegionalHigh · Northfield · 256 students · 13.5:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 2.8 — 2016-03-214 km ESE of Warner, New Hampshire
- M 2.61 — 2013-10-11New Hampshire
- M 2.5 — 2007-10-192 km WSW of Littleton Common, Massachusetts
- M 2.8 — 2002-09-282 km N of Wilton, New Hampshire
- M 2.5 — 2002-06-073 km NNW of Hopedale, Massachusetts
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Massachusetts
- Deerfield4.1 mi away · pop. 458
- Easthampton Town23.6 mi away
- Chicopee29 mi away · pop. 55,295
- Cheshire30.9 mi away
- Pittsfield37.2 mi away · pop. 43,457
- Spencer37.5 mi away · pop. 11,992
- Cordaville57.3 mi away
- West Concord59.6 mi away · pop. 6,320
- Cochituate64.1 mi away
- Methuen Town70.7 mi away
- Boxford80.1 mi away · pop. 2,284
- Peabody80.9 mi away · pop. 54,695
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Turners Falls
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Nearest stream gauge
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image