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Carroll County, Ohio

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39newspaper titles

2digitized titles

11historic places

1800earliest paper

1833formed

26,721pop. 2020

80cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 39 newspaper titles published in Carroll County, Ohio, with the earliest starting in 1800. 2 of these titles have digitized pages on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970. Most listings are in or near Carrollton, Mechanicstown, Oneida.

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Newspapers published in Carroll

Library of Congress

39 newspaper titles

Title	Place	Years
The Sherrodsville Plaindealer	Sherodsville	1800–1899
Carrollton Gazette	Carrollton	1833–1834
Carroll Free Press Digitized	Carrollton	1834–1861
Carroll Free Press Digitized	Carrollton	1834–?
The Jeffersonian	Carrollton	1837–1845
Democratic Crisis	Carrollton	1844–1899
Jacksonian	Harlem Springs	1845–1899
Rural Tiara	Harlem Springs	1845–1899
The News-Boy	Carrollton	1846–1899
The Ohio Picayune	Carrollton	1846–1854
Democratic Companion	Carrollton	1854–1855
Citizen Democrat	Carrollton	1856–1858
Carroll Democrat	Carrollton	1859–1861
The Carroll Independent	Carrollton	1860–1860
The Carroll County Union	Carrollton	1861–1862
The Carroll Union Press	Carrollton	1862–1868
The Carrollton Courier	Carrollton	1863–1869
Minerva Weekly Commercial	Minerva, Minerva	1868–1878
The Carroll Free Press	Carrollton	1869–1906
Carroll County Chronicle	Carrollton	1871–1873
Carroll Chronicle	Carrollton	1873–1875
Carroll County Chronicle	Carrollton	1875–1884
Connotton Valley Times	Leesville	1880–1892
The Carroll Republican	Carrollton	1881–1897
The Carroll Chronicle	Carrollton	1884–1934
Sherodsville Standard	Sherodsville	1894–1897
The New Standard	Sherodsville	1897–1999
The Republican-Standard	Carrollton	1897–1906
Sandy Valley Press	Magnolia, Magnolia, Waynesburg	1898–1967
The Review	Leesville	1898–1999
The News Kodak	Minerva, Minerva, Minerva	1899–1906
News and Times of Minerva	Minerva, Minerva	1900–1949
Carroll County Record	Carrollton	1903–1904
The Free Press-Standard	Carrollton	1906–?
The Minerva News	Minerva, Minerva, Minerva	1907–1911
The Malvern Community News	Malvern	1920–1998
The Carroll Journal	Carrollton	1935–1971
The Minerva Leader	Minerva	1937–?
Graphic Press	Minerva, Minerva, Minerva	1957–1999

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

Sample front pages

Chronicling America

Digitized page-1 issues from papers published in Carroll. Thumbnails link to the Library of Congress.

Carroll Free Press (carrollton [ohio]) 1834-1861

February 5, 1836 · Carrollton

“Cift0ll if VOL II UEPORT OF CANAL FUND COMMISSIONERS To the Hon the General Assemble of the State of Ohio la compliance with the law defining their duties the Commissioner at the Canal Fund beg leave…”

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Carroll Free Press (carrollton [ohio]) 1834-1861

February 19, 1836 · Carrollton

“VOL II THE WITH THE 1KETTi FOOT By the bye Fred nreyou marrying man said Charles Russell lo hi bach elor friend Frederick Suiuerville us Ihey discussed cool buttle together at the fltar and Garter at…”

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Carroll Free Press (carrollton [ohio]) 1834-1861

February 26, 1836 · Carrollton

“Carroll 3zt VOL II CARBOLLTON FRIDAY FEBRUARY NO 24WH0LE NO UivouKS1 LETTERS correspondent of the Portland Adterli eer PARIS December Undoubted you would have put the que liuu ot what has become of…”

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Carroll Free Press (carrollton [ohio]) 1834-1861

October 15, 1841 · Carrollton

“Carroll fl VOL VIII THE CARROLL FREE PRESS Edited by FEARCE AND PUBLISHED Every Friday morning by COLLIER At per annum payable half year ly in advance or if not paid until the end of the year Ao paper…”

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Carroll Free Press (carrollton [ohio]) 1834-1861

January 7, 1842 · Carrollton

“VOL VIII THE CARROLL FREE PRESS Edited by IEAKCE AND PUBLISHED Every Friday Tl bv COLLIER At per annum payable half year ly in advance or if not paid until the end of the year No paper discon tinned…”

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On this day

Front pages

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

11 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Carroll County Courthouse	Carrollton	Building	1974
Herrington, John, House and Herrington Bethel Church	Mechanicstown	Building	1983
Hull, Patrick, House	Oneida	Building	1982
Kilgore Union Presbyterian Church	Carrollton	Building	1995
McCook, Daniel, House	Carrollton	Building	1970
Methodist Episcopal Church	Malvern	Building	2024
Petersburg Mill	Carrollton	Building	1970
Pottorf, Henry and Mary, House and Farmstead	Mechanicstown	Building	1995
St. Mary's Of Morges	Waynesburg	Building	1977
Van Horn Building	Carrollton	Building	1987
Wheeling and Lake Erie RR Minerva Station	Minerva	Building	1992

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 (1833-01-01) from Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Stark, Tuscarawas.

CARROLL created from COLUMBIANA, HARRISON, JEFFERSON, STARK, and TUSCARAWAS.

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
18,108	15,738	16,416	16,811	15,942	17,449	19,039	20,857	25,598	28,836	26,721

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

80 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 80 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Abel Cemetery	40.45757	-81.01142
Amsterdam Cemetery	40.47533	-80.92481
Arabia Cemetery	40.48033	-81.06759
Augusta Cemetery	40.68807	-81.02084
Baxters Ridge Cemetery	40.607	-81.16843
Bethel Cemetery	40.4927	-81.18477
Bethlehem Cemetery	40.69255	-81.15871
Bever Cemetery	40.71166	-81.14106
Bird Cemetery	40.67613	-81.04034
Champers Cemetery	40.56679	-81.11777
Chestnut Knob Cemetery	40.67729	-81.08852
Chestnut Ridge Cemetery	40.54918	-80.93349
Corinth - Mechanicstown Cemetery	40.61561	-80.95759
County Home Cemetery	40.61758	-81.06718
Crawford Cemetery	40.66644	-81.00342
Crawford Cemetery	40.49353	-80.95801
Deep Springs Cemetery	40.55786	-81.25498
Downing Cemetery	40.55672	-81.01145
Glade Run Cemetery	40.66817	-80.96418
Grandview Cemetery	40.5695	-81.08259
Green Hill Cemetery	40.53085	-81.02424
Greenbrier - West Union Cemetery	40.56978	-80.87258
Hardesty Cemetery	40.69277	-81.17639
Harlem Springs Cemetery	40.522	-81.00509
Harmony Cemetery	40.60827	-81.26267
Harsh - Swamp Cemetery	40.64144	-81.08898
Heitz Cemetery	40.59422	-81.24483
Herrington Bethel Cemetery	40.6495	-81.01259
Kilgore Cemetery	40.46339	-81.0012
Kilgore Presbyterian Cemetery	40.46033	-81.00009
Leavittsville Cemetery	40.51339	-81.19649
Lee Cemetery	40.53922	-81.0312
Leesville Cemetery	40.45506	-81.21121
Lindentree Cemetery	40.60966	-81.30127
Macedonia Cemetery	40.62172	-81.19923
McGauran Cemetery	40.55194	-80.97386
McGuire Cemetery	40.55196	-81.15632
Minerva Cemetery	40.72477	-81.10648
Moore Cemetery	40.70645	-81.0537
Moorehead Cemetery	40.5454	-81.00352
Mount Olive Cemetery	40.44903	-81.1379
Mount Olivet Cemetery	40.59061	-81.00787
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	40.52455	-81.10022
Mount Tabor Cemetery	40.48172	-81.14815
Mount Zion Cemetery	40.69839	-81.04898
New Hagerstown Cemetery	40.44478	-81.18927
New Harrisburg Cemetery	40.62089	-81.14815
New Perrysville Cemetery	40.457	-81.10148
Old Scott Cemetery	40.54837	-81.15401
Palermo Cemetery	40.48978	-81.15204
Palmer Cemetery	40.5579	-80.97598
Perrysville Cemetery	40.46228	-81.09732
Perrysville Cemetery	40.46561	-81.09815
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	40.65894	-81.10871
Pleasant Grove Cemetery	40.66977	-81.12343
Pleasant Valley Cemetery	40.57635	-81.14983
Price - Rollins Cemetery	40.50895	-81.19538
Quaker Church Cemetery	40.727	-81.01175
Roby Cemetery	40.50283	-81.23816
Roudebush Cemetery	40.70977	-80.9562
Saint Lukes Cemetery	40.53009	-81.18189
Saint Xavier Cemetery	40.68811	-81.17399
Scott Cemetery	40.53871	-81.15606
Scroggsfield Cemetery	40.57505	-80.96564
Seceders Cemetery	40.53354	-81.14546
Sherrodsville Cemetery	40.4838	-81.25457
Sherrodsville Memorial Gardens Cemetery	40.48467	-81.26722
Simmons Cemetery	40.46213	-80.97818
Simmons Ridge Cemetery	40.47589	-80.96203
Snyder Cemetery	40.61687	-80.97678
Still Fork Church Cemetery	40.672	-81.05043
Still Fork Church Cemetery	40.68453	-81.03658
Stuller Cemetery	40.6303	-81.05122
Union Valley Cemetery	40.57589	-81.23316
Wells - Jackman Cemetery	40.51784	-80.95208
Westview Cemetery	40.56644	-81.08509
Wherry Cemetery	40.61544	-81.10668
Woodpecker Cemetery	40.43645	-81.05093
Woods Cemetery	40.63787	-81.19456
Zion Cemetery	40.5207	-81.25248

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Atwood	40.55256	-81.24233

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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