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Welcome to Carroll ...

Carroll is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carroll, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.

Carroll is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Carroll lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Carroll: 731

Communities Also Named Carroll ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Carroll - they are located in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana (2), Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana (2), Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Quebec, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Carroll ...

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

  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Lavinia
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ledbetter
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
  • Atkins ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Atkins is located in Henderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atkins
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,664 people
  • Lawrence
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Lawrence is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawrence
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,498 people
  • Parkburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Parkburg is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
  • Humboldt
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Milan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Medina
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Trenton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carroll ...

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

Adding Carroll to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carroll 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 Carroll was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Carroll post office opened in 1869. The Carroll post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carroll.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carroll - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/