Editing Carrollton, Ohio (section)

== History ==
[[File:Carrollton, Ohio 1846.png|thumb|left|An 1846 drawing of Carrollton]]
The village was established as "Centreville" on October 4, 1815, by Peter Bohart, owing to its location at the crossroads of the routes between [[Steubenville, Ohio|Steubenville]] to [[Canton, Ohio|Canton]] and [[Lisbon, Ohio|New Lisbon]] to [[New Philadelphia, Ohio|New Philadelphia]]. After the village became the county seat of the newly formed Carroll County, the name was changed on February 24, 1834.<ref name=car-har>{{cite book |title=History of Carroll and Harrison Counties |last1=Eckley |first1=H.J. |last2=Perry |first2=W.T. |year=1921 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Co. |pages=122–124, 136 |url=http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Carroll/Carroll1921Index.htm}}</ref> The village derives its name from [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]], the last surviving signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=40|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=24}}</ref>

Many of the [[Fighting McCooks]] of Civil War fame lived in Carrollton. The [[Daniel McCook House]] is listed as a [[National Historic Place]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Barnes |first1=Paula |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39KqCgAAQBAJ&dq=Carrollton,+Ohio+Fighting+McCooks&pg=PT125 |title=Tributes and Treasures: 12 Vintage-Inspired Quilts Made with Reproduction Prints |last2=Robison |first2=Mary Ellen |date=October 6, 2015 |publisher=Martingale |isbn=978-1-60468-568-8 |language=en}}</ref>