title: Turners Marsh, Tasmania
text: # Turners Marsh, Tasmania
  
  Turners Marsh is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 254 for the state suburb of Turners Marsh.
  
  ## History
  
  Turners Marsh was gazetted as a locality in 1963. The original European name for this area was “Mountgarrets Lagoon”.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The boundaries consist primarily of survey lines. The Bell Bay Railway Line follows the south-western boundary.
  
  ## Road infrastructure
  
  Route B83 (Pipers River Road) passes through from south to north.
  
  