Carrollton, Missouri

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Carrollton was established in 1833.{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_carroll.html |title=Carroll County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |access-date=10 September 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624070725/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_carroll.html |archive-date=24 June 2016 }} It obtained its post office in 1834.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcxWsmxRzVEC&pg=PA38 | title=Missouri Roadsides: The Traveler's Companion | publisher=University of Missouri Press | author=Earngey, Bill | year=1995 | pages=38| isbn=9780826210210 }} Carrollton's growth can be documented through Sanborn maps, several of which are available online.[http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/image/umcscsanic/title/carrollton+missouri Sanborn Maps for Missouri: Carrollton], University of Missouri Digital Library. Accessed 2011-03-14

The Carroll County Court House, Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail, United States Post Office, and Wilcoxson and Company Bank are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

Carrollton is located in south central Carroll County at the intersection of US routes 24 and US Route 65. The Missouri River is five miles south of the city.Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 28 {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|4.19|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.17|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}

{{Weather box

|location = Carrollton, Missouri (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present)

|single line = Y

|width = auto

| Jan record high F = 74

| Feb record high F = 80

| Mar record high F = 87

| Apr record high F = 93

| May record high F = 98

| Jun record high F = 105

| Jul record high F = 114

| Aug record high F = 108

| Sep record high F = 105

| Oct record high F = 94

| Nov record high F = 81

| Dec record high F = 73

| year record high F = 114

| Jan high F = 37.2

| Feb high F = 42.6

| Mar high F = 54.5

| Apr high F = 65.7

| May high F = 75.3

| Jun high F = 84.3

| Jul high F = 88.0

| Aug high F = 86.7

| Sep high F = 79.8

| Oct high F = 67.8

| Nov high F = 53.6

| Dec high F = 41.8

| year high F = 64.8

| Jan mean F = 27.3

| Feb mean F = 31.9

| Mar mean F = 42.7

| Apr mean F = 53.5

| May mean F = 64.1

| Jun mean F = 73.6

| Jul mean F = 77.5

| Aug mean F = 75.7

| Sep mean F = 67.7

| Oct mean F = 55.6

| Nov mean F = 42.7

| Dec mean F = 32.1

| year mean F = 53.7

| Jan low F = 17.4

| Feb low F = 21.1

| Mar low F = 31.0

| Apr low F = 41.3

| May low F = 52.9

| Jun low F = 62.9

| Jul low F = 67.0

| Aug low F = 64.7

| Sep low F = 55.5

| Oct low F = 43.4

| Nov low F = 31.8

| Dec low F = 22.5

| year low F = 42.6

| Jan record low F = −23

| Feb record low F = −34

| Mar record low F = −16

| Apr record low F = 14

| May record low F = 28

| Jun record low F = 41

| Jul record low F = 47

| Aug record low F = 42

| Sep record low F = 28

| Oct record low F = 17

| Nov record low F = −5

| Dec record low F = −24

| year record low F = −34

| precipitation colour= green

| Jan precipitation inch = 1.41

| Feb precipitation inch = 1.85

| Mar precipitation inch = 2.51

| Apr precipitation inch = 3.92

| May precipitation inch = 5.13

| Jun precipitation inch = 5.37

| Jul precipitation inch = 4.27

| Aug precipitation inch = 4.39

| Sep precipitation inch = 4.28

| Oct precipitation inch = 3.16

| Nov precipitation inch = 2.21

| Dec precipitation inch = 1.58

| year precipitation inch = 40.08

| Jan snow inch = 4.8

| Feb snow inch = 3.3

| Mar snow inch = 1.1

| Apr snow inch = 0.2

| May snow inch = 0.0

| Jun snow inch = 0.0

| Jul snow inch = 0.0

| Aug snow inch = 0.0

| Sep snow inch = 0.0

| Oct snow inch = 0.3

| Nov snow inch = 0.9

| Dec snow inch = 2.1

| year snow inch = 12.7

| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

| Jan precipitation days = 5.6

| Feb precipitation days = 5.5

| Mar precipitation days = 8.6

| Apr precipitation days = 10.5

| May precipitation days = 12.1

| Jun precipitation days = 10.1

| Jul precipitation days = 8.4

| Aug precipitation days = 8.3

| Sep precipitation days = 7.5

| Oct precipitation days = 8.6

| Nov precipitation days = 6.5

| Dec precipitation days = 5.6

| year precipitation days = 97.3

| unit snow days = 0.1 in

| Jan snow days = 2.3

| Feb snow days = 1.8

| Mar snow days = 0.6

| Apr snow days = 0.1

| May snow days = 0.0

| Jun snow days = 0.0

| Jul snow days = 0.0

| Aug snow days = 0.0

| Sep snow days = 0.0

| Oct snow days = 0.1

| Nov snow days = 0.4

| Dec snow days = 1.9

| year snow days = 7.2

|source 1 = NOAA

{{cite web

| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=eax

| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = August 2, 2021}}

{{cite web

| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00231340&format=pdf

| title = Station: Carrollton, MO

| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)

| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

| access-date = August 2, 2021}}

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{{US Census population

|1860= 738

|1870= 1832

|1880= 2313

|1890= 3878

|1900= 3854

|1910= 3452

|1920= 3218

|1930= 4058

|1940= 4070

|1950= 4380

|1960= 4554

|1970= 4847

|1980= 4700

|1990= 4406

|2000= 4122

|2010= 3784

|2020= 3514

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}

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Carrollton R-VII School District, which covers the municipality,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29033_carroll/DC20SD_C29033.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Carroll County, MO|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-12-16}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29033_carroll/DC20SD_C29033_SD2MS.txt Text list] operates Carrollton Area Career Center, Carrollton High School; grades 9-12, Carrollton Junior High School; grades 7–8, and Carrollton Elementary School; grades Pre-1 and 2–6.{{cite web | url=http://www.trojans.k12.mo.us/schools | title=Schools | publisher=Carrollton R-VII School District | access-date=23 March 2018}}

The town has a lending library, the Carrollton Public Library.{{cite web | url=http://www.publiclibraries.com/missouri.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610012728/http://www.publiclibraries.com/missouri.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 June 2017 | title=Missouri Public Libraries | publisher=PublicLibraries.com | access-date=23 March 2018}}

• Amanda Austin, painter and sculptor
• Leon E. Bates, UAW leader
• James Johnson Duderstadt, President of the University of Michigan. 1988-1996
• James Fergason, graduated Carrollton High School in 1952. American inventor and business entrepreneur.
• Francis Doyle Gleeson, Roman Catholic bishop
• Don Martin, defensive back for Yale
• John C. McQueen, Major general, USMC; Decorated veteran of World War II
• James Shields, Civil War general and United States Senator
• Robert Simpson was an American hurdler and track and field coach.
• Claude T. Smith, American band conductor, composer, and educator.

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• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725141633/http://carrolltonareachamber.org/ Carrollton Area Chamber of Commerce]}}
• Historic maps of Carrollton in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138743 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the University of Missouri

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