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Welcome to Carthage ...So far, we found very little information about Carthage. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Carthage to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carthage, please Contact Us. Carthage would have been located within present day Socorro County<2>. The location of 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 Carthage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Carthage is 5,000 feet [1,524 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Carthage is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Carthage was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Carthage still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code. Communities Also Named Carthage ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Carthage - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Dakota (2), Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carthage. Communities near Carthage ...We have created a list of 9 communities that are near 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 Carthage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carthage. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of 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 Carthage. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carthage. See our Newspapers Page for Carthage. Adding Carthage to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Carthage 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 Carthage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Carthage in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Carthage. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.gov/ Footnotes ...
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