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Carroll County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
11historic places
—earliest paper
1838formed
10,810pop. 2020
138cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Carrollton, Ghent, Prestonville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Carroll titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

5 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Baker, Paschal Todd, HouseCarrolltonBuilding1980
Butler, Gen. William O., HouseCarrolltonBuilding1976
Carrollton Historic DistrictCarrolltonDistrict1982
Ghent Historic DistrictGhentDistrict1983
Grass HillsGhentBuilding1975
Hunter's Bottom Historic DistrictCarrolltonDistrict1976
Masterson, Richard, HouseCarrolltonBuilding1975
Ogburn, Henry, HouseCarrolltonBuilding1987
Richlawn FarmCarrolltonBuilding2000
Stone House on Kentucky RiverPrestonvilleBuilding1987
Turpin HouseCarrolltonBuilding1977

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 1838 (1838-03-01) from Gallatin, Trimble.

CARROLL created from GALLATIN and TRIMBLE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Carroll County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

11k7,3883,9661840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,9666,5788,9539,8258,3468,6578,5177,9789,27010,15510,810

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

138 cemeteries and 9 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 138 listed
NameLatLon
Adcock CemeteryNoneNone
Arnold CemeteryNoneNone
Baird CemeteryNoneNone
Barrett CemeteryNoneNone
Beall CemeteryNoneNone
Bersot CemeteryNoneNone
Blackmore CemeteryNoneNone
Blanton Cemetery38.75323-85.02537
Brown CemeteryNoneNone
Butler Cemetery (historical)38.68173-85.16968
Butts Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Carlisle CemeteryNoneNone
Carrico CemeteryNoneNone
Carrico Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Carrollton IOOF Cemetery38.67828-85.17229
Chadwell-Haines CemeteryNoneNone
Christian Church Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
City Cemetery (historical)38.67895-85.18134
Coghill CemeteryNoneNone
Coghill Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Coleman CemeteryNoneNone
Colored Oddfellows Cemetery38.73339-85.05606
County Infirmary CemeteryNoneNone
Cove Hill Baptist Church CemeteryNoneNone
Craig CemeteryNoneNone
Craig Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Craig Number 3 CemeteryNoneNone
Cull CemeteryNoneNone
Darbro CemeteryNoneNone
Darnold CemeteryNoneNone
Davis CemeteryNoneNone
Dean Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Dean Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Dean Number 3 CemeteryNoneNone
Dean's Chapel Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Deatherage CemeteryNoneNone
Demint CemeteryNoneNone
Donathan CemeteryNoneNone
Driskell CemeteryNoneNone
Dunn CemeteryNoneNone
Dunn-Taylor CemeteryNoneNone
Duvall Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Easterday CemeteryNoneNone
Englist CemeteryNoneNone
Fairview / Patterson CemeteryNoneNone
Furnish-Rosell CemeteryNoneNone
Gap Hill Cemetery38.67506-85.14634
Gardner CemeteryNoneNone
Garriott CemeteryNoneNone
Gaunt Cemetery38.68423-85.16217
General Butler State Park and Family Cemetery38.67098-85.16515
Gex Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Ghent Baptist Church Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Ghent Cemetery38.73392-85.0571
Ghent Consolidated Cemetery38.73422-85.05707
Ghent IOOF Cemetery38.73404-85.0568
Ghent Second Baptist Cemetery38.73406-85.06217
Giltner CemeteryNoneNone
Grass Hill CemeteryNoneNone
Griffith CemeteryNoneNone
Griffith Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Haines CemeteryNoneNone
Haines Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Handlon CemeteryNoneNone
Hanks Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Hawkins CemeteryNoneNone
Hayden Cemetery (historical)NoneNone
Haydon CemeteryNoneNone
Heath CemeteryNoneNone
Hoagland CemeteryNoneNone
Jackson CemeteryNoneNone
Karr CemeteryNoneNone
King CemeteryNoneNone
King's Ridge CemeteryNoneNone
Knox CemeteryNoneNone
Lawrence CemeteryNoneNone
Leachman CemeteryNoneNone
Lewis CemeteryNoneNone
Lewis Number 2 CemeteryNoneNone
Lindsay CemeteryNoneNone
Historical populated places — 9 of 9
NameLatLon
Fairview38.70323-85.29382
Gilgal38.60954-85.13756
Little Kentucky38.6461-85.2291
Mound Hill38.65542-85.22206
Notch Lick38.69296-85.23985
Pleasant Union38.59666-85.11267
Rockville38.69963-85.03491
Tomtown38.59467-85.17559
Wrights Ridge38.67543-85.25661

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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