RoadsideThoughts |
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada |
Home >> State of Arkansas >> Washington County >> Carter | Index... |
Welcome to Carter ...So far, we found very little information about Carter. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Carter to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carter, please Contact Us. Carter would have been located within present day Washington County<2>. The location of Carter has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Carter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. While the community is gone, the present day location for Carter is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Carter was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Carter would have been located in the (479) area code. Communities Also Named Carter ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Carter - they are located in Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi (3), Montana (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carter. Communities near Carter ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carter.
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 Carter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carter. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carter. 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 Carter. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carter. See our Newspapers Page for Carter. Adding Carter to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Carter 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 Carter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Carter on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1909). For more details, see References and Mentions for Carter. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.ar.us/ The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
|
Thank you for visiting our website.
In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.
If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.
This page was last modified/updated: 09 Mar 2024