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Welcome to Carrington Woods ...

Carrington Woods is located in Wake County<1>.

Carrington Woods is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Carrington Woods lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Carrington Woods: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Carrington Woods ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Carrington Woods - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Carrington Woods ...

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

  • Raleigh
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cary
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Cary is located in Chatham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 173,587 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cary <4>
  • Wake Forest
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Garner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Morrisville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Clayton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Wendell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Rolesville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Zebulon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Archer Lodge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Archer Lodge is located in Johnston County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Archer Lodge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,322 people
    • Archer Lodge has also been known as:
    • Archer

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carrington Woods ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wake, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carrington Woods - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Carrington Woods area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Carrington Woods 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.