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Welcome to Cartwright ...

Cartwright is located in Jackson Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cartwright, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Cartwright is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cartwright: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Cartwright ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Cartwright - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Kentucky, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cartwright ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cartwright ...

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

Adding Cartwright to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cartwright 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 Cartwright was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cartwright post office opened in 1904. The Cartwright post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cartwright.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cartwright - 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 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Cartwright area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Cartwright 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/