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Welcome to New Carthage ...So far, we found very little information about New Carthage. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added New Carthage to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Carthage, please Contact Us. New Carthage would have been located within present day Tensas Parish<2>. The location of New Carthage has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of New Carthage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. While the community is gone, the present day location for New Carthage is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where New Carthage was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time New Carthage would have been located in the (318) area code. Communities near New Carthage ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Carthage.
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 New Carthage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Carthage. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Carthage. 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 New Carthage. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Carthage. See our Newspapers Page for New Carthage. Adding New Carthage to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of New Carthage in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Carthage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found New Carthage in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for New Carthage. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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