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)
  • Crandon is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crandon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,780 people
• Mountain
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Mountain is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 851 people
• Armstrong
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Armstrong is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armstrong
• White Lake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • White Lake is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
• Townsend
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Townsend is located in Oconto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsend
• Padus
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Padus is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padus
• Freeman
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Freeman is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
• Laona
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Laona is located in Forest County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laona
• Lily
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lily is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
• Langlade
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Langlade is located in Langlade County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Langlade

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 (so far) for Carter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Carter post office opened in 1897. The Carter post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carter.