Carrollton, Missouri
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Carrollton is a city and the county seat of Carroll County, Missouri, United States. Carrollton won the 2005 All-America City Award, given out annually by the National Civic League. The population was 3,514 at the 2020 census.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref>
History
Carrollton was established in 1833.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It obtained its post office in 1834.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Carrollton's growth can be documented through Sanborn maps, several of which are available online.<ref>Sanborn Maps for Missouri: Carrollton, University of Missouri Digital Library. Accessed 2011-03-14</ref>
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.<ref name="nris">Template:NRISref</ref>
Geography
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.<ref>Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 28 Template:ISBN</ref>
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">Template:Cite web</ref>
Climate
Demographics
Education
Carrollton R-VII School District, which covers the municipality,<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The town has a lending library, the Carrollton Public Library.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
- Amanda Austin, painter and sculptor
- Leon E. Bates, UAW leader
- Roscoe P. Conkling, Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court
- James Johnson Duderstadt, President of the University of Michigan. 1988-1996
- James Fergason, graduated Carrollton High School in 1952. American inventor and business entrepreneur.
- Robert P. Foster, WWII U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, President of Northwest Missouri State University
- Francis Doyle Gleeson, Roman Catholic bishop
- John B. Hale, U.S. House Representative from Missouri, Civil War Colonel
- William Claude Jones, American politician, poet, and fabulist
- Ralph F. Lozier, U.S. House Representative from Missouri, circuit court judge of the 7th Judicial Circuit of Missouri
- Jack Marshall, Negro Leagues pitcher and manager
- Don Martin, NFL football player and coach
- Joe Don McGaugh, Missouri House Representative
- John C. McQueen, Major general, USMC; Decorated veteran of World War II
- William Rock Painter, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri, and Missouri State Senator
- William E. Schreiber, American college football player and coach and athletic administrator
- William A. Shanklin, University President of Upper Iowa University and Wesleyan University
- 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.
- John H. Stringfellow, One of the founders of Atchison, Kansas and speaker of the house in the first territorial legislature
- Jewell Wallace, TCU Football player and Head Coach of the University of Houston
References
External links
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- Historic maps of Carrollton in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri
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