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Welcome to New Carrollton ...

New Carrollton is located in Ripley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Carrollton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

New Carrollton is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Carrollton lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for New Carrollton: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named New Carrollton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named New Carrollton - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near New Carrollton ...

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

  • Madison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • North Vernon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Hanover
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Versailles
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Milan
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Osgood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Dillsboro
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Westport
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Westport is located in Decatur County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westport
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,416 people
  • Moores Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Milton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Milton is located in Trimble County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 607 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Carrollton ...

Looking for more information about New Carrollton? 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 New Carrollton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Carrollton.

Adding New Carrollton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Carrollton 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 (so far) for New Carrollton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the New Carrollton post office opened in 1837. The New Carrollton post office closed in 1839.

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Carrollton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Ripley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Carrollton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the New Carrollton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the New Carrollton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/