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Welcome to Carrsville ...

The city of Carrsville is located in Livingston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carrsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Carrsville has a population of 45 people<2> (see below for details).

Carrsville is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Carrsville: 270 & 364<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Carrsville had an population of 45 people. This is a decrease of 10% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 29.69% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Carrsville had a population of 50 people. This makes Carrsville the county's 4th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 50 people, the population of Carrsville decreased 21.88% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 64 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Carrsville.

Communities Also Named Carrsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Carrsville - they are located in Ohio and Virginia.

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

Communities near Carrsville ...

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

  • Marion
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Marion is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,850 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <5>
  • Salem
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Salem is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <5>
  • Golconda
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Smithland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Cave-In-Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Cave-In-Rock is located in Hardin County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave-In-Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 278 people
    • Cave-In-Rock has also been known as:
    • Cave-In-Rock village
  • Elizabethtown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Eddyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamletsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Dycusburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dycusburg is located in Crittenden County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dycusburg
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 26 people
  • Lola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Lola is located in Livingston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lola

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carrsville ...

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

Adding Carrsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carrsville 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 Carrsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Carrsville post office opened in 1854. The Carrsville post office closed in 1984.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carrsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Livingston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Carrsville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carrsville - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Carrsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Carrsville 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/