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Welcome to Caryton ...So far, we found very little information about Caryton. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Caryton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Caryton, please Contact Us. Caryton would have been located within present day Colbert County<2>. The location of Caryton has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Caryton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908. While the community is gone, the present day location for Caryton is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Caryton was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Caryton once stood is in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes. Communities near Caryton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Caryton.
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 Caryton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Caryton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Caryton. 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 Caryton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Caryton. See our Newspapers Page for Caryton. Adding Caryton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Caryton 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 Caryton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Caryton. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Colbert County: www.colbertcounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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