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Welcome to Carrollville ...

Carrollville is located in Milwaukee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carrollville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Carrollville is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Carrollville ...

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

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

Communities near Carrollville ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
  • Racine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Racine is located in Racine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 76,237 people
  • West Allis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • Wauwatosa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • New Berlin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
  • Brookfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Greenfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Franklin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Mount Pleasant
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in Racine County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,048 people
  • Muskego
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carrollville ...

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

Adding Carrollville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carrollville 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 Carrollville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Carrollville post office opened in 1917. The Carrollville post office closed in 1961.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carrollville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Milwaukee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carrollville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/