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Welcome to Cartter ...

Cartter is located in Marion County<1>.

The pronunciation of Cartter: KAHR-ter<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cartter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Cartter is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Cartter lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cartter: 618 & 730<4>

Communities near Cartter ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cartter.

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 Cartter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cartter.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cartter. 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 Cartter.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cartter. See our Newspapers Page for Cartter.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cartter ...

Looking for more information about Cartter? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Cartter, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cartter.

Adding Cartter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cartter 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 (so far) for Cartter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Cartter post office opened in 1895. The Cartter post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cartter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Cartter. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cartter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Cartter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Cartter area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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