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Welcome to Carlton ...

Carlton is primarily located in Gallia County<1>. A portion of Carlton extends into Meigs County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carlton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Carlton is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Carlton: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Carlton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Carlton - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Colorado (2), Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Montana, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Washington.

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

Websites for Carlton ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Carlton, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Carlton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carlton ...

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

Adding Carlton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Carlton post office opened in 1892. The Carlton post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carlton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Gallia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carlton - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Carlton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Carlton 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/