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Carroll County, Indiana

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38historic places

—earliest paper

1828formed

20,306pop. 2020

40cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 38 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1977. Most listings are in or near Delphi, Camden, Lockport.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

24 of 38 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

38 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Adams Mill	Cutler	Building	1984
Adams Mill Covered Bridge	Cutler	Structure	1996
American House Hotel	Burlington	Building	2018
Barnett-Seawright-Wilson House	Delphi	Building	1980
Baum-Shaeffer Farm	Delphi	Building	1998
Burlington Township No. 9 School	Burlington	Building	2019
Burris House and Potawatomi Spring	Lockport	Building	1977
Camden First Baptist Church	Camden	Building	2023
Camden Masonic Temple	Camden	Building	2003
Camden Paint Creek Concrete Arch Bridge	Camden	Structure	2025
Carroll County Courthouse	Delphi	Building	2003
Carroll County Infirmary	Delphi	Building	2018
Carrollton Bridge	Delphi	Structure	2003
Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District	Delphi	District	2002
Delphi City Hall	Delphi	Building	1998
Delphi Courthouse Square Historic District	Delphi	District	2010
Delphi Lime Kilns	Delphi	Site	2002
Delphi Methodist Episcopal Church	Delphi	Building	2015
Delphi Residential Historic District	Delphi	District	2024
District School No. 3	Rockfield	Building	1988
Foreman-Case House	Delphi	Building	1990
Franklin Street Stone Arch Bridge	Delphi	Structure	2021
Lancaster Covered Bridge	Owasco	Structure	2021
Little Rock Creek Stone Arch Bridge	Lockport	Structure	2021
Lock No. 33 Lock Keeper's House, and Wabash and Erie Canal Lock No. 33	Delphi	Site	2002
Lockport Wabash River Bridge	Lockport	Structure	2025
Meridian Line Road Iron Truss Bridge	Camden	Structure	2025
Niewerth Building	Delphi	Building	1984
North Street Viaduct	Delphi	Structure	2023
Raber, Fred and Minnie, Farm	Camden	District	1992
South Delphi Historic District	Delphi	District	2024
Sunset Point	Delphi	Site	2002
Sycamore Row	Deer Creek	Site	2023
Thomas, Andrew, House	Camden	Building	1984
Wabash and Erie Canal Culvert #100	Lockport	Structure	2002
Wagoner-Ayres House	Flora	Building	2024
Washington Street Stone Arch Bridge	Delphi	Structure	2021
Wilson Bridge	Delphi	Structure	2001

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Carroll was formed in 1828 (1828-04-01) from ADAMS New Purchase, WABASH New Purchase.

CARROLL created from ADAMS New Purchase, WABASH New Purchase, and Non-County Area 4.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Carroll County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,611	7,819	13,489	18,345	19,953	16,315	15,410	16,010	16,934	19,722	20,165	20,306

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

40 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 40 of 40 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Asbury Cemetery	40.49134	-86.44889
Baum Cemetery	40.58546	-86.66386
Benham Cemetery	40.60169	-86.74212
Bostetter Cemetery	40.64614	-86.63359
Brown Church Cemetery	40.67024	-86.55876
Burlington Cemetery	40.48138	-86.39703
Camden Cemetery	40.60699	-86.54362
Deer Creek United Brethren Cemetery	40.58418	-86.39299
Delphi Cemetery	40.59211	-86.6399
Great Eastern Cemetery	40.72887	-86.53243
Hopewell Cemetery	40.61197	-86.38722
Hufford Cemetery	40.46086	-86.60027
Hufford Cemetery	40.434	-86.60624
Hughes Cemetery	40.46058	-86.59833
Hye Park Cemetery	40.43133	-86.468
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	40.64809	-86.56861
Johnson City Cemetery	40.71584	-86.53666
Maple Lawn Cemetery	40.54605	-86.50029
Maple Lawn Cemetery	40.54614	-86.49971
Mears Cemetery	40.59892	-86.63056
Moss Cemetery	40.53885	-86.5028
Mullendore Cemetery	40.66844	-86.58213
Musselman Cemetery	40.59122	-86.50201
Nebo Cemetery	40.60411	-86.57675
Nettle Cemetery	40.57801	-86.55911
Parks - Groninger Cemetery	40.6567	-86.58873
Pleasant Run Cemetery	40.63447	-86.70098
Rock Creek Cemetery	40.66309	-86.39638
Saint Johns Cemetery	40.45395	-86.64615
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery	40.5746	-86.67834
Schock Cemetery	40.69311	-86.72047
Seceder Cemetery	40.7215	-86.60515
Sharp Point Cemetery	40.60264	-86.622
Wagoner Cemetery	40.46061	-86.59805
Whistler Cemetery	40.63456	-86.60192
Wingard Cemetery	40.62166	-86.64392
Wise Cemetery	40.60484	-86.57974
Woodville Cemetery	40.65522	-86.49629
Yeoman Cemetery	40.67238	-86.7451
Zion Cemetery	40.52551	-86.59301

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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