Welcome to Carter ...
Carter is located in Forest County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Carter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.
Carter is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Carter lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Carter: 715 & 534<3>
Communities Also Named Carter ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Carter: This one is located in Forest County and the other is located in Iron County.
Beyond Wisconsin, there are 28 communities that are also named Carter - they are located in Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi (3), Montana (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oklahoma (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carter.
Communities near Carter ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carter.
- Crandon
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
- Crandon is located in Forest County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
- Mountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
- Mountain is located in Oconto County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
- Armstrong
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast) - White Lake
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
- White Lake is located in Langlade County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
- Townsend
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
- Townsend is located in Oconto County
- Padus
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
- Padus is located in Forest County
- Freeman
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west) - Laona
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
- Laona is located in Forest County
- Lily
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest) - Mole Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mole Lake
- Mole Lake is located in Forest County
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 Carter. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carter.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carter. 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 Carter.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carter. See our Newspapers Page for Carter.
Adding Carter to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Carter 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 Carter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Carter post office opened in 1897.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Carter.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carter. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Forest, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Carter area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Carter area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |