Welcome to Carthage ...The city of Carthage is located in Leake County<1> and is the County Seat for Leake County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Carthage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Carthage has a population of 4,758 people<2> (see below for details). Carthage is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Carthage lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Carthage: 601 & 769<4> The ZIP code for Carthage: 39051<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Carthage had an population of 4,758 people. This is a decrease of 6.25% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 2.61% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Carthage had a population of 5,075 people (which is 21.38% of the total population of Leake County). This makes Carthage the county's most populous community. The population of Carthage represents 0.17% of the total population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 61st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 5,075 people, the population of Carthage increased 9.45% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 4,637 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Carthage. Communities Also Named Carthage ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Mississippi communities named Carthage: This one is located in Leake County and the other is located in Adams County. Beyond Mississippi, there are 24 communities that are also named Carthage - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, 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.leakems.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. 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.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Carthage. Footnotes ...
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