Welcome to Carthage ...Carthage is located in Floyd County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Carthage, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. Carthage is 2,400 feet [732 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Carthage is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Carthage lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Carthage: 540 & 826<3> Communities Also Named Carthage ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Carthage - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, South Dakota (2), Tennessee and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carthage. Communities near Carthage ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carthage.
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 Carthage. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carthage. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carthage. 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 Carthage. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carthage. See our Newspapers Page for Carthage. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carthage ...Looking for more information about Carthage? 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 Carthage, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Carthage. Adding Carthage to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Carthage 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 Carthage was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Carthage. Footnotes ...
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