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Welcome to Carroll ...So far, we found very little information about Carroll. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Carroll to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carroll, please Contact Us. Carroll would have been located within present day Union Parish<2>. The location of Carroll has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Carroll, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. While the community is gone, the present day location for Carroll is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Carroll was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Carroll would have been located in the (318) area code. Communities Also Named Carroll ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Carroll: This one is located in Union Parish and the other is located in Red River Parish. Beyond Louisiana, there are 25 communities that are also named Carroll - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carroll. Communities near Carroll ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carroll.
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 Carroll. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carroll. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carroll. 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 Carroll. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carroll. See our Newspapers Page for Carroll. Adding Carroll to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Carroll 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 Carroll was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Carroll. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Louisiana: louisiana.gov/ Footnotes ...
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