Welcome to Carthage ...The city of Carthage is located in Jasper County<1> and is the County Seat for Jasper County. Carthage was established in 1842. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Carthage has a population of 14,712 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Carthage is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Carthage lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Carthage: 417 The ZIP code for Carthage: 64836<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Carthage had an population of 14,712 people. This is an increase of 2.32% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 16.14% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Carthage had a population of 14,378 people (which is 12.22% of the total population of Jasper County). This makes Carthage the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Carthage represents 0.24% of the total population of Missouri (which has 5,988,927 people), making it the state's 51st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 14,378 people, the population of Carthage increased 13.5% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 12,668 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Carthage. Communities Also Named Carthage ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Carthage - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Dakota (2), Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carthage. Websites for Carthage ...Chamber of Commerce: www.carthagechamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Carthage, the following might be of interest: Communities near Carthage ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carthage.
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 Carthage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carthage. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carthage. 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 Carthage. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carthage. Our list includes 21 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Carthage. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carthage ...Looking for more information about Carthage? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Carthage, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Carthage. Adding Carthage to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Carthage 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 Carthage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Carthage. Footnotes ...
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