Editing Carrollton, Missouri

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Carrollton, Missouri
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
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| image_skyline            = Aerial view of Carrollton, Missouri - 9-2-2013.JPG
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| image_caption            = Aerial view of Carrollton, Missouri
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| map_caption              = Location of Carrollton, Missouri
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| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Missouri]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Missouri|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Carroll County, Missouri|Carroll]]
| government_footnotes     = 
|established_title1 = [[municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date1  = 1833
| government_type          = [[Mayor-council]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Frank Olvera
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| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 10.84
| area_land_km2            = 10.80
| area_water_km2           = 0.04
| area_total_sq_mi         = 4.18
| area_land_sq_mi          = 4.17
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.02

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
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| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 3514
| population_density_km2   = 325.49
| population_density_sq_mi = 843.09

<!-- General information -->| timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 748
| coordinates              = {{coord|39|21|49|N|93|29|44|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 64633
| area_code                = [[Area code 660|660]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 29-11566<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 2393754<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2393754}}</ref>
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.carrolltonmo.org}}
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'''Carrollton''' is a city and the [[county seat]] of [[Carroll County, Missouri|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 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2911566|access-date=2021-12-23|website=data.census.gov}}</ref><ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |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=2011-05-31 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Carroll-ch.jpg|thumb|left|Carroll County Courthouse]]

Carrollton was established in 1833.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>  It obtained its post office in 1834.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>  Carrollton's growth can be documented through [[Sanborn maps]], several of which are available online.<ref>[http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/image/umcscsanic/title/carrollton+missouri Sanborn Maps for Missouri: Carrollton], [[University of Missouri]] Digital Library.  Accessed 2011-03-14</ref>

The [[Carroll County Court House (Carrollton, Missouri)|Carroll County Court House]], [[Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail]], [[United States Post Office (Carrollton, Missouri)|United States Post Office]], and [[Wilcoxson and Company Bank]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Carrollton is located in south central Carroll County at the intersection of US routes [[US Route 24|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 {{ISBN|0-89933-224-2}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{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 }}</ref>

===Climate===
{{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]]<ref name = 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}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{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}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{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<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{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}}</ref>
}}

==Education==
[[Carrollton R-VII School District]], which covers the municipality,<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> 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>{{cite web | url=http://www.trojans.k12.mo.us/schools | title=Schools | publisher=Carrollton R-VII School District | access-date=23 March 2018}}</ref>

The town has a lending library, the Carrollton Public Library.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[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]], graduated Carrollton High School in 1952. American inventor and business entrepreneur.
* [[Francis Doyle Gleeson]], Roman Catholic bishop
* [[Don Martin (American football)|Don Martin]], defensive back for [[Yale University|Yale]]
* [[John C. McQueen]], Major general, USMC; Decorated veteran of [[World War II]]
* [[James Shields (politician, born 1810)|James Shields]], Civil War general and United States Senator
* [[Robert Simpson (athlete)|Robert Simpson]] was an American hurdler and track and field coach. 
* [[Claude T. Smith]], American band conductor, composer, and educator.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{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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