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Welcome to Carntown ...

Although we found mention of Carntown during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Carntown was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Carntown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carntown, please Contact Us.


The location of Carntown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Carntown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Carntown is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Carntown might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

We believe that Carntown would be found within the (859) area code.

Communities near Carntown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carntown.

  • Independence
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Independence have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Independence
    • Independence is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,903 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Independence <4>
  • Fort Thomas
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Alexandria
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Highland Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Highland Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Heights
    • Highland Heights is located in Campbell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,037 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Highland Heights <4>
  • Taylor Mill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylor Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor Mill
    • Taylor Mill is located in Kenton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,820 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor Mill <4>
  • Cold Spring
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
    • Cold Spring is located in Campbell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,628 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Spring <4>
  • Amelia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Amelia have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amelia
    • Amelia is located in Clermont County (OH)
    • Estimated population in 2019: 5,039 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amelia <4>
  • Georgetown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
    • Georgetown is located in Brown County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,216 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <4>
  • Wilder
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wilder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilder
    • Wilder is located in Campbell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,061 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilder <4>
  • Bethel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bethel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethel
    • Bethel is located in Clermont County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,825 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bethel <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carntown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carntown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carntown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carntown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carntown. See our Newspapers Page for Carntown.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carntown ...

Looking for more information about Carntown? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Carntown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Carntown.

Adding Carntown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carntown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Carntown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Carntown post office opened in 1891.

We also found Carntown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carntown.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Carntown and then turned west". While Carntown could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Carntown as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Carntown could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carntown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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