Welcome to Carnsville ...

So far, we found very little information about Carnsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Carnsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carnsville, please Contact Us.

Carnsville would have been located within present day Carroll County<2>.

The location of Carnsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carnsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Carnsville is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Carnsville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Carnsville once stood is in the (731) area code.

Communities near Carnsville ...

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

• Paris
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
  • Paris is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,952 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <5>
• McKenzie
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McKenzie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenzie
  • McKenzie is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,303 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McKenzie <5>
• Huntingdon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon
  • Huntingdon is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Huntingdon <5>
• Camden
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Camden is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,620 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <5>
• Spring Creek
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
  • Spring Creek is located in Henry County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,009 people
• Crossroads
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossroads
  • Crossroads is located in Benton County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,728 people
• Pillowville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pillowville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pillowville
  • Pillowville is located in Weakley County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,625 people
• Bruceton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bruceton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceton
  • Bruceton is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bruceton <5>
• Gleason
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gleason have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gleason
  • Gleason is located in Weakley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,369 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gleason <5>
• Trezevant
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trezevant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trezevant
  • Trezevant is located in Carroll County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 836 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trezevant <5>

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

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

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

Adding Carnsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carnsville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Carnsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Carnsville post office opened in 1878.

We also found Carnsville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carnsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/