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Welcome to Carterton ...

Carterton is located in Russell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carterton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Carterton is 1,490 feet [454 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Carterton: 276

Communities Also Named Carterton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Carterton - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Carterton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carterton ...

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

Adding Carterton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Carterton post office opened in 1891.

We also found Carterton in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carterton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Russell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carterton - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/