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Welcome to Caro ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Caro, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1907.

Caro is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Caro lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Caro: 907

Communities Also Named Caro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Caro - they are located in Alabama, Michigan, South Carolina and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Caro.

Adding Caro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Caro 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 Caro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Caro post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Caro.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Caro - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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