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Carroll County, Mississippi

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12historic places

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1833formed

9,998pop. 2020

101cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Carrollton, Vaiden, North Carrollton.

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

4 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Abiaca Creek Bridge	Vaiden	Structure	2004
Carrollton Community House	Carrollton	Building	2019
Carrollton Historic District	Carrollton	District	1978
Carrollton Water Tower	Carrollton	Structure	2022
Cotesworth	North Carrollton	Building	1978
George, James Z., Law Office	Carrollton	Building	1972
Malmaison Site	Carrollton	Site	1970
Merrill's Store	Carrollton	Building	1972
Midway Methodist Church and Cemetery	Vaiden	Building	2011
Rowland Site	Greenwood	Site	1978
Teoc Creek Site	Avalon	Site	1971
Vaiden High School	Vaiden	Building	2009

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 1833 (1833-12-23) from Lowndes, Monroe, Washington.

CARROLL created from LOWNDES, MONROE, WASHINGTON, and Non-County Area 11 attached to HOLMES.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
10,481	22,035	17,795	22,116	20,324	20,651	15,499	11,177	9,776	10,769	9,998

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

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

Cemeteries — 80 of 101 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Allen Cemetery	33.51373	-89.85758
Allen Cemetery	33.52678	-89.86313
Bagley Cemetery	33.23901	-89.83313
Beck Cemetery	33.65956	-89.91591
Beck Cemetery	33.64789	-89.89008
Bethel Cemetery	33.42651	-90.02674
Bethel Christian Methodist Episcopal Cemetery	33.29548	-90.01757
Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery	33.64343	-89.82531
Blackhawk Cemetery	33.32842	-90.00963
Bledsoe Cemetery	33.66178	-89.91675
Bluff Springs Cemetery	33.44512	-89.83035
Browns Cemetery	33.61234	-89.89202
Bunion Cemetery	33.64261	-89.88869
Calvary Cemetery	33.65067	-89.82008
Centerville Cemetery	33.454	-90.03397
Coila Cemetery	33.40117	-89.98008
Ebenezer Cemetery	33.66178	-89.92425
Eden Cemetery	33.54511	-89.87091
Ellandale Cemetery	33.37178	-90.03202
Emmons Cemetery	33.64706	-89.95425
Enon Cemetery	33.39401	-89.88702
Everett Cemetery	33.36345	-89.68424
Evergreen Cemetery	33.52373	-89.9098
Foreman Cemetery	33.45595	-89.93258
Fox Cemetery	33.52484	-89.89869
Franklin Cemetery	33.66678	-89.9548
Goss Cemetery	33.49317	-90.06424
Grantham Cemetery	33.31818	-89.65646
Grays Cemetery	33.64178	-89.92341
Greenwood LeFlore Cemetery	33.52623	-90.01813
Hairston Cemetery	33.30679	-89.8323
Harland Cemetery	33.39401	-90.01758
Harmony Cemetery	33.32873	-90.10536
Hickory Grove Cemetery	33.58234	-89.86563
Hoge Cemetery	33.49762	-90.01341
Hopewell Cemetery	33.32956	-89.79619
Hudson Cemetery	33.24068	-89.76119
Hughes Cemetery	33.484	-90.00369
Jefferson Cemetery	33.63539	-89.89258
Kegler Cemetery	33.33706	-89.69341
Kent Cemetery	33.59845	-90.02869
Long Cemetery	33.57039	-90.03341
Longview Cemetery	33.58039	-89.9748
Lott Cemetery	33.57456	-89.89341
Lott Cemetery	33.63122	-89.87119
Macrossley Cemetery	33.37539	-90.10702
Marshall Cemetery	33.43651	-89.89813
Martin Grove Cemetery	33.25931	-89.87534
Marvin Cemetery	33.46817	-89.84702
Mathews Cemetery	33.40123	-90.03313
McCain Cemetery	33.58539	-90.05786
McCormick Cemetery	33.418	-90.01136
McEachern Cemetery	33.29206	-89.8298
McMillian Cemetery	33.4565	-90.01897
Merrill Cemetery	33.40234	-90.04647
Midway Cemetery	33.30318	-89.83924
Monday Cemetery	33.58928	-89.94008
Moores Memorial Cemetery	33.62233	-89.99258
Moss Springs Cemetery	33.54734	-89.98647
Mount Elam Cemetery	33.60261	-89.87841
Mount Olive Cemetery	33.3654	-90.03174
Mount Olive Cemetery	33.52817	-90.04841
Mount Pera Cemetery	33.32428	-90.08175
Mount Pisgah Cemetery	33.62317	-90.0098
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	33.33373	-90.01119
Murdock Cemetery	33.31484	-89.93174
Nebo Cemetery	33.47456	-89.81563
New Bethel Cemetery	33.584	-89.93702
New Hope Cemetery	33.40206	-90.03258
New Salem Cemetery	33.38512	-89.84508
New Shiloh Baptist Cemetery	33.40961	-90.08275
Oak Grove Cemetery	33.48123	-89.97147
Oak Grove Cemetery	33.59484	-90.0148
Old Plank Cemetery	33.30734	-89.66396
Old Salem Cemetery	33.30317	-89.91647
Old Salem Cemetery	33.63039	-89.85286
Old Union Cemetery	33.61178	-89.96202
Payne Chapel Cemetery	33.64928	-89.82952
Pink Flower Cemetery	33.53956	-89.81674
Pleasant Green Cemetery	33.50123	-89.8348

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

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