Editing Carroll County, Missouri

{{short description|County in Missouri, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Carroll County
 | state                = Missouri
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1833
 | founded date         = January 2
 | seat wl              = Carrollton
 | largest city wl      = Carrollton
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 701
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 695
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 6.8
 | area percentage      = 1.0
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 8495
 | pop_est_as_of        = 
 | population_est       = 
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | footnotes            = 
 | website              = http://www.carrollcomo.org/
 | named for            = [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]]
 | ex image             = Carroll-ch.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton
 | district             = 6th
}}

'''Carroll County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Missouri]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county had a population of 8,495.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=2020 Population and Housing State Data|url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Carrollton, Missouri|Carrollton]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county was organized on January 2, 1833, from part of [[Ray County, Missouri|Ray County]] and named for [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]], a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n69 70]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|701|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|695|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|6.8|sqmi}} (1.0%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021170230/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_29.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2013 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=November 14, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
*[[Livingston County, Missouri|Livingston County]]  (north)
*[[Chariton County, Missouri|Chariton County]]  (east)
*[[Saline County, Missouri|Saline County]]  (southeast)
*[[Lafayette County, Missouri|Lafayette County]]  (southwest)
*[[Ray County, Missouri|Ray County]]  (west)
*[[Caldwell County, Missouri|Caldwell County]]  (northwest)

===Major highways===
*[[Image:US 24.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 24 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 24]]
*[[Image:US 65.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 65 (Missouri)|U.S. Route 65]]
*[[Image:MO-10.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 10|Route 10]]
*[[Image:MO-41.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 41|Route 41]]
*[[Image:MO-139.svg|20px]] [[Missouri Route 139|Route 139]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 2423
|1850= 5441
|1860= 9763
|1870= 17446
|1880= 23274
|1890= 25742
|1900= 26455
|1910= 23098
|1920= 20480
|1930= 19940
|1940= 17814
|1950= 15589
|1960= 13847
|1970= 12565
|1980= 12131
|1990= 10748
|2000= 10285
|2010= 9295
|2020= 8495
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|access-date=November 29, 2019}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/mo190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=May 14, 2011 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 10,285 people, 4,169 households, and 2,880 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|15|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 4,897 housing units at an average density of {{convert|7|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 96.95% [[White (U.S. Census)|white]], 1.72% [[Black (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.13% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.14% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.79% from two or more races. Approximately 0.71% of the population were [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race. 32.7% were of [[German people|German]], 25.3% [[United States|American]], 11.8% [[English people|English]] and 9.2% [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry.

There were 4,169 households, out of which 30.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.40% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 27.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.20% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 24.50% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 20.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.40 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,643, and the median income for a family was $36,773. Males had a median income of $26,135 versus $17,468 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,522. About 9.70% of families and 13.70% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.00% of those under age 18 and 12.80% of those age 65 or over.

===Religion===
According to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report (2010), Carroll County is sometimes regarded as being on the northern edge of the [[Bible Belt]], with evangelical Protestantism being the most predominant religion. The most predominant denominations among residents in Carroll County who adhere to a religion are [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptists]] (55.73%), [[United Methodist Church|United Methodists]] (11.01%), and [[Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod|Lutherans (LCMS)]] (9.69%).

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Carroll County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Carroll County, Missouri|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Carroll%20County,%20Missouri&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|7,906
|93.1%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|97
|1.14%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|15
|0.2%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|15
|0.2%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|0
|0%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|330
|3.9%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|132
|1.6%
|}

==Education==
School districts include:<ref>{{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]</ref>
* [[Bosworth R-V School District]]
* [[Braymer C-4 School District]]
* [[Brunswick R-II School District]]
* [[Carrollton R-VII School District]]
* [[Hale R-I School District]]
* [[Norborne R-VIII School District]]
* [[Tina-Avalon R-II School District]]

===Public schools===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111124003745/http://www.bosworthr-v.k12.mo.us/ Bosworth R-V School District] – [[Bosworth, Missouri|Bosworth]]
**Bosworth Elementary School (PK-06)
**Bosworth High School (07-12)
*[http://www.trojans.k12.mo.us/ Carrollton R-VII School District] – [[Carrollton, Missouri|Carrollton]]
**Adams-Dieterich Elementary School (K-04)
**Adams Primary School (PK-01)
**Carrollton Elementary School (02-04)
**Carrollton Middle School (05-08)
**Carrollton High School (09-12)
*Hale R-I School District – [[Hale, Missouri|Hale]]
**Hale Elementary School (PK-06)
**Hale High School (07-12)
*[http://www.norborneschools.com/ Norborne R-VIII School District] – [[Norborne, Missouri|Norborne]]
**Norborne Elementary School (K-05)
**Norborne High School (06-12)
*[http://tinaavalon.k12.mo.us/ Tina-Avalon R-II School District] – [[Tina, Missouri|Tina]]
**Tina-Avalon Elementary School (PK-06)
**Tina-Avalon High School (07-12)

===Public libraries===
*Carrollton Public Library<ref>{{cite web | last = Breeding | first = Marshall | title = Carrollton Public Library | publisher = Libraries.org | url = https://librarytechnology.org/library/20305 | access-date = May 8, 2017}}</ref>  
*Norborne Public Library<ref>{{cite web | last = Breeding | first = Marshall | title = Norborne Public Library | publisher = Libraries.org | url = https://librarytechnology.org/library/20334 | access-date = May 8, 2017}}</ref>

==Communities==

===Cities===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Bogard, Missouri|Bogard]]
*[[Bosworth, Missouri|Bosworth]]
*[[Carrollton, Missouri|Carrollton]] (county seat)
*[[De Witt, Missouri|De Witt]]
*[[Hale, Missouri|Hale]]
*[[Norborne, Missouri|Norborne]]
{{div col end}}

===Village===
*[[Tina, Missouri|Tina]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Bridge Creek, Missouri|Bridge Creek]]
* [[Coloma, Missouri|Coloma]]
* [[Grace, Carroll County, Missouri|Grace]]
* [[Little Compton, Missouri|Little Compton]]
* [[Mandeville, Missouri|Mandeville]]
* [[Miami Station, Missouri|Miami Station]]
* [[Miles Point, Missouri|Miles Point]]
* [[Plymouth, Missouri|Plymouth]]
* [[Roads, Missouri|Roads]]
* [[Standish, Missouri|Standish]]
* [[Stet, Missouri|Stet]]
* [[Sugartree, Missouri|Sugartree]]
* [[Wakenda, Missouri|Wakenda]]
* [[White Rock, Missouri|White Rock]]
{{div col end}}

===Townships===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Carrollton Township]]
*[[Cherry Valley Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Cherry Valley Township]]
*[[Combs Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Combs Township]]
*[[De Witt Township, Carroll County, Missouri|De Witt Township]]
*[[Egypt Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Egypt Township]]
*[[Eugene Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Eugene Township]]
*[[Fairfield Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Fairfield Township]]
*[[Hill Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Hill Township]]
*[[Hurricane Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Hurricane Township]]
*[[Leslie Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Leslie Township]]
*[[Moss Creek Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Moss Creek Township]]
*[[Prairie Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Prairie Township]]
*[[Ridge Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Ridge Township]]
*[[Rockford Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Rockford Township]]
*[[Stokes Mound Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Stokes Mound Township]]
*[[Sugartree Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Sugartree Township]]
*[[Trotter Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Trotter Township]]
*[[Van Horn Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Van Horn Township]]
*[[Wakenda Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Wakenda Township]]
*[[Washington Township, Carroll County, Missouri|Washington Township]]
{{div col end}}

==Notable people==
* [[Lewis Eldon Atherton]], historian at the [[University of Missouri]]
* [[Amanda Austin]], painter and sculptor
* [[Leon E. Bates]], [[United Auto Workers|UAW]] leader
* [[James Johnson Duderstadt]], President of the [[University of Michigan]] (1988-1996)
* [[James Fergason]], inventor and business leader in electronics known for work with [[liquid-crystal display|LCD]]
* [[Francis Doyle Gleeson]], Roman Catholic bishop
* [[Don Martin (American football)|Don Martin]], [[National Football League|NFL]] player and coach
* [[John C. McQueen]], Major general, USMC, decorated veteran of [[World War II]]
* [[James Shields (politician, born 1810)|James Shields]], only person in U.S. history to serve in the [[United States Senate]] representing three different states: Illinois (1849-1849; 1849–1855), Minnesota (1858-1859), and Missouri (1879-1879)
* [[Robert Simpson (athlete)|Robert Simpson]], athlete
* [[Barbara Sinatra]], wife of [[Zeppo Marx]] and later [[Frank Sinatra]]
* [[Claude T. Smith]], American band conductor, composer, and educator

==Politics==
{{unreferenced section|date=April 2023}}{{update|section|date=April 2023}}

===Local===
The [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] predominantly controls politics at the local level in Carroll County. Republicans hold all but three of the elected positions in the county.

{{Missouri county elected officials
| name              =Carroll County, Missouri
| assessor          =Devin Ford Frazier
| assessorparty     =Republican
| circuitclerk      =Janet Horine
| circuitclerkparty =Republican
| countyclerk       =Petal J. Stanley
| countyclerkparty  =Republican
| presiding         =Stan Falke
| presidingparty    =Republican
| district1         =Everett Shields
| district1party    =Republican
| district2         =Charles Pence
| district2party    =Republican
| coroner           =Steven W. Bittiker
| coronerparty      =Republican
| prosecutor        =Cassandra Brown
| prosecutorparty   =Democratic
| administrator     =Brenda West
| administratorparty=Independent
| recorder          =Janet Horine
| recorderparty     =Republican
| sheriff           =William McCoy
| sheriffparty      =Republican
| surveyor          =Marc Magee
| surveyorparty     =Republican
|treasurercollector=Megan Endicott|treasurercollectorparty=Democratic}}

===State===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ Past Gubernatorial Elections Results
|- bgcolor=lightgrey
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third Parties]]
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[2024 Missouri gubernatorial election|2024]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''81.27%''' ''3,623''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|16.94% ''754''
|align="center" |1.81% ''81''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020|2020]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''81.61%''' ''3,671''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|17.12% ''770''
|align="center" |1.27% ''57''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016|2016]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''65.31%''' ''2,837''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|32.04% ''1,392''
|align="center" |2.65% ''115''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2012|2012]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''52.91%''' ''2,256''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|44.61% ''1,902''
|align="center" |2.48% ''106''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2008|2008]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''49.48%''' ''2,233''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|48.77% ''2,201''
|align="center" |1.75% ''79''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2004|2004]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''60.13%''' ''2,828''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|38.91% ''1,830''
|align="center" |0.96% ''45''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 2000|2000]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''57.71%''' ''2,643''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|40.87% ''1,872''
|align="center" |1.42% ''65''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|[[Missouri gubernatorial election, 1996|1996]]
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|36.21% ''1,625''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"|'''62.25%''' ''2,794''
|align="center" |1.54% ''69''
|}

All of Carroll County is a part of Missouri's 39th District in the [[Missouri House of Representatives]] and is currently represented by [https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2021&code=R&district=039 Peggy McGaugh] (R-[[Carrollton, Missouri|Carrollton]]). 
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 39 — Carroll County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Peggy McGaugh'''
  |votes      = '''4,138'''
  |percentage = '''100.00%'''
  |change     = '''+22.08'''
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 39 — Carroll County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Peggy McGaugh'''
  |votes      = '''2,872'''
  |percentage = '''77.92%'''
  |change     = '''+1.60'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Rick Mellon
  |votes      = 814
  |percentage = 22.08%
  |change     = -1.60
  }}
{{Election box end}}

All of Carroll County is a part of Missouri's 21st District in the [[Missouri Senate]] and is currently represented by [https://www.senate.mo.gov/mem21/#:~:text=Senator%20Denny%20Hoskins%2C%20represents%20District,serve%20in%20the%20Missouri%20Senate. Denny Hoskins] (R-[[Warrensburg, Missouri|Warrensburg]]).
{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 21 — Carroll County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Denny Hoskins'''
  |votes      = '''3,809'''
  |percentage = '''88.50%'''
  |change     = '''+8.61'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mark Bliss
  |votes      = 495
  |percentage = 11.50%
  |change     = +7.88
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri Senate — District 21 — Carroll County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Denny Hoskins'''
  |votes      = '''3,353'''
  |percentage = '''79.89%'''
  |change     = '''+7.21'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = ElGene Ver Dught
  |votes      = 692 
  |percentage = 16.49%
  |change     = -6.95
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Wayne
  |votes      = 152
  |percentage = 3.62%
  |change     = -0.26
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Federal===
All of Carroll County is included in [[MO-06|Missouri's 6th Congressional District]] and is currently represented by [[Sam Graves]] (R-[[Tarkio, Missouri|Tarkio]]) in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]. Graves was elected to an eleventh term in [[2020 United States House of Representatives elections|2020]] over Democratic challenger Gena Ross.
{{Election box begin | title=U.S. House of Representatives – Missouri’s 6th Congressional District – Carroll County (2020)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''3,772'''
  |percentage = '''84.46%'''
  |change     = ''' '''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Gena L. Ross
  |votes      = 639
  |percentage = 14.31%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jim Higgins
  |votes      = 55
  |percentage = 1.23%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives – Missouri's 6th Congressional District – Carroll County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Sam Graves'''
  |votes      = '''3,064'''
  |percentage = '''82.37%'''
  |change     = ''' '''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Henry Robert Martin
  |votes      = 569
  |percentage = 15.30%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dan Hogan
  |votes      = 87
  |percentage = 2.34%
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box end}}

Carroll County, along with the rest of the state of Missouri, is represented in the [[U.S. Senate]] by [[Josh Hawley]] (R-[[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]]) and [[Roy Blunt]] (R-[[Strafford, Missouri|Strafford]]).
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate – Class I – Carroll County (2018)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Josh Hawley'''
  |votes      = '''2,761'''
  |percentage = '''73.75%'''
  |change     = '''+27.99'''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Claire McCaskill
  |votes      = 870
  |percentage = 23.24%
  |change     = -22.04
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Craig O'Dear
  |votes      = 58
  |percentage = 1.55%
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Japheth Campbell
  |votes      = 34
  |percentage = 0.91%
  |change     = -8.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jo Crain
  |votes      = 21
  |percentage = 0.56%
  |change     = +0.56
}}
{{Election box end}}

Blunt was elected to a second term in [[2016 United States Senate elections|2016]] over then-Missouri Secretary of State [[Jason Kander]].
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Carroll County (2016)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''2,875'''
  |percentage = '''66.20%'''
  |change     = '''+20.43'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 1,290
  |percentage = 29.70%
  |change     = -15.59
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 100
  |percentage = 2.30%
  |change     = -6.64
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  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 38
  |percentage = 0.87%
  |change     = +0.87
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  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 40
  |percentage = 0.92%
  |change     = +0.92
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====Political culture====
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{{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,555|3,296|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,751|3,432|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,410|3,146|12|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|4,212|3,401|5|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,127|3,283|20|Missouri}}
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{{PresRow|1936|Republican|5,432|5,141|32|Missouri}}
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{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,032|2,673|163|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|3,192|3,300|113|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|3,363|3,555|65|Missouri}}
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At the presidential level, Carroll County has become solidly Republican in recent years. Carroll County strongly favored [[Donald Trump]] in both [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] and [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]. [[Bill Clinton]] was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Carroll County in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]] with a plurality of the vote, and a Democrat hasn't won majority support from the county's voters in a presidential election since [[Jimmy Carter]] in [[1976 United States presidential election|1976]].

Like most rural areas throughout Missouri, voters in Carroll County generally adhere to socially and culturally [[Conservatism|conservative]] principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. Despite Carroll County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing [[Populism|populist]] causes. In 2018, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition A) concerning [[Right to Work|right to work]], the outcome of which ultimately reversed the right to work legislation passed in the state the previous year. 63.63% of Carroll County voters cast their ballots to overturn the law.

===Missouri presidential preference primaries===

====2020====
The 2020 presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties were held in Missouri on March 10. On the Democratic side, former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] (D-[[Delaware]]) both won statewide and carried Carroll County by a wide margin. Biden went on to defeat [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] in the general election.
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
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  |percentage = '''66.09'''
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bernie Sanders
  |votes      = 127
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  |change     = 
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Tulsi Gabbard
  |votes      = 7
  |percentage = 1.51
  |change     = 
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  |candidate  = Others/Uncommitted
  |votes      = 23
  |percentage = 4.97
  |change     = 
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{{Election box end}}

Incumbent [[President of the United States|President]] [[Donald Trump]] (R-[[Florida]]) faced a primary challenge from former [[Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts Governor]] [[Bill Weld]], but won both Carroll County and statewide by overwhelming margins.
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Donald Trump'''
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  |percentage = '''98.53'''
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Weld
  |votes      = 3
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  |change     = 
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  |votes      = 8
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{{Election box end}}

====2016====
The 2016 presidential primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties were held in Missouri on March 15. Businessman [[Donald Trump]] (R-[[New York (state)|New York]]) narrowly won the state overall, but carried a majority of the vote in Carroll County. He went on to win the presidency.
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Donald Trump'''
  |votes      = '''1,004'''
  |percentage = '''51.28'''
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ted Cruz
  |votes      = 657
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  |change     = 
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = John Kasich
  |votes      = 150
  |percentage = 7.66
  |change     = 
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  |candidate  = Marco Rubio
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  |percentage = 4.60
  |change     = 
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On the Democratic side, former [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]] (D-[[New York (state)|New York]]) narrowly won statewide, but [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Bernie Sanders]] (I-[[Vermont]]) carried a majority in Carroll County.
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Bernie Sanders'''
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Hillary Clinton
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  |change     = 
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
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  |votes      = 15
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{{Election box end}}

====2012====
The 2012 Missouri Republican Presidential Primary's results were nonbinding on the state's national convention delegates. Voters in Carroll County supported former [[U.S. Senator]] [[Rick Santorum]] (R-[[Pennsylvania]]), who finished first in the state at large, but eventually lost the nomination to former [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]] [[Mitt Romney]] (R-[[Massachusetts]]). Delegates to the congressional district and state conventions were chosen at a county caucus, which selected a delegation favoring Santorum. Incumbent [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] easily won the Missouri Democratic Primary and renomination. He defeated Romney in the general election.

====2008====
In 2008, the Missouri Republican Presidential Primary was closely contested, with [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[John McCain]] (R-[[Arizona]]) prevailing and eventually winning the nomination. Carroll County gave McCain his highest vote share of any county in Missouri.
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
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  |votes      = '''437'''
  |percentage = '''47.81'''
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mike Huckabee
  |votes      = 251
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Mitt Romney
  |votes      = 175
  |percentage = 19.15
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Ron Paul
  |votes      = 28
  |percentage = 3.06
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  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
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{{Election box end}}

Then-[[United States Senator|Senator]] [[Hillary Clinton]] (D-[[New York (state)|New York]]) received more votes than any candidate from either party in Carroll County during the 2008 presidential primary. Despite initial reports that Clinton had won Missouri, [[Barack Obama]] (D-[[Illinois]]), also a [[United States Senator|Senator]] at the time, narrowly defeated her statewide and later became that year's Democratic nominee, going on to win the presidency.
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  |votes      = '''548'''
  |percentage = '''62.84'''
  |change     = 
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Barack Obama
  |votes      = 299
  |percentage = 34.29
  |change     = 
  }}
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  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Others/Uncommitted
  |votes      = 25
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{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Mormon War (1838)]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Carroll County, Missouri]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Turner, S. K. ''Twentieth century history of Carroll County, Missouri'' (2 vol 1911) [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=2eb3977dac6e01be233d3e8ddf7526ca;g=;c=umlib;idno=umls000029 vol 1 online]; [http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=2eb3977dac6e01be233d3e8ddf7526ca;g=;c=umlib;idno=umls000030 vol 2 online]

==External links==
* County Website - https://www.carrollcountymo.gov/
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070405081722/http://www.carolnet.com/cchs/ Carroll County Historical Society]
* [http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm Digitized 1930 Plat Book of Carroll County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816173126/http://mulibraries.missouri.edu/specialcollections/platbooks.htm |date=August 16, 2011 }} from [[University of Missouri]] Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160730221133/http://www.carrollcountyso.org/ Carroll County Sheriff's Office]
{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Carroll County, Missouri
|North     = [[Livingston County, Missouri|Livingston County]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Chariton County, Missouri|Chariton County]]
|Southeast = [[Saline County, Missouri|Saline County]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Lafayette County, Missouri|Lafayette County]]
|West      = [[Ray County, Missouri|Ray County]]
|Northwest = [[Caldwell County, Missouri|Caldwell County]]
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