 White settlers arrived in the Turkeyfoot area by the late 1760s, and a group of about 15-20 Baptist families came to the area from New Jersey around 1774.The Lower Humbert Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.According to the United States Census Bureau, Lower Turkeyfoot Township has a total area of 36.3 square miles (93.9 km²), of which 36.0 square miles (93.2 km²) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.8 km²) (0.80%) is water.