Carrollton, Kentucky

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41008. It stands on Kentucky River. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle. 3,890 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 482 feet above sea level.

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Carrollton within Carroll County

On record in Carrollton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 8 records

Gen. William O. Butler Houselisted 1976
Carrollton Historic Districtlisted 1982
Hunter's Bottom Historic Districtlisted 1976
Richard Masterson Houselisted 1975
Henry Ogburn Houselisted 1987
Richlawn Farmlisted 2000
Paschal Todd Baker Houselisted 1980
Turpin Houselisted 1977

Population over time

2 figures

Carrollton fell from 3,938 to 3,890 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	3,938
2020	3,890	-48 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1943 USGS Brooksburg quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1986 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Madison quadrangle1:100000

Photographs

8 of 13 photographs shown, 2020

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Four members of the Giles family catch the late-afternoon light near the remnants of a fallen barn amid the trees at their farm outside Carrollton, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

The confluence of the smaller Kentucky River, left, and the large Ohio River in Carrollton, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

The Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton, Kentucky, designed by an Louisville architectural firm run by three McDonald brothers
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Interior view of the Masterson House in Carrollton, Kentucky, one of the oldest (some say the oldest) surviving two-story brick buildings along the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio meets the mighty Mississippi River
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Hay rolls in a shed on the outskirts of Carrollton, Kentucky
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

The family cemetery at the Masterson House in Carrollton, Kentucky, one of the oldest (some say the oldest) surviving two-story brick buildings along the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio meets the mighty Mississippi River
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Abandoned tobacco barns on the outskirts of Carrollton, Kentucky, once the second (some say third) leading grower and broker of burleigh tobacco in the world in the early to mid-1900s
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

The Masterson House in Carrollton, Kentucky, is one of the oldest (some say the oldest) surviving two-story brick buildings along the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio meets the mighty Mississippi River
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Carroll County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrollton in 65 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 35 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 8 flood, 6 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$200,000	Numerous houses, buildings and churches sustained significant roof damage. There was also substantial damage to a concrete building. In addition, dozens of trees were downed.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$25,000	Two trees were downed, one on a house and another on a car.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$20,000	A warehouse at Polk and 11th Street in Carollton was damaged and 3 large limbs were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Carrollton	$20,000	High water flooded a few roads. Several homes sustained basement flooding in town.
November 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$20,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$15,000	A large tree fell onto a house. Numerous trees were also downed across the county.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$10,000	Tree limbs were reported down in the city and trees were downed around the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
November 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$10,000	Winds knocked down large limbs and snapped power poles.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$6,000	Trees were downed countywide.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$5,000	A large tree fell on a house due to the winds.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$5,000	Large tree limbs and power lines were reported down countywide due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$4,000	A few trees were downed on both Hawkins and Taylor Streets.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$4,000	A few trees were downed.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$4,000	Tree limbs were knocked down.
July 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$3,000	A few trees were downed in the Carrollton area, including one on Martin Road and one on State Route 55.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$3,000	Three large trees were snapped at the intersection of 6th Street and Village Lane.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$3,000	A large tree fell through a shed.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Carrollton	$3,000	Several roads in the county were closed due to rapidly rising water.
July 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$3,000	Several trees were downed.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$3,000	Three trees were knocked down.
August 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$3,000	Trees were knocked down.
January 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$3,000	Trees knocked down and a barn roof damaged.
August 2006	Hail	Carrollton	$3,000	no account filed
July 2015	Flash Flood	Carrollton	$2,000	Many roads across the county were completely flooded, leaving a few cars stranded.
January 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$2,000	Two trees were downed along State Route 55.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$2,000	Two trees were downed.
April 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$2,000	no account filed
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$1,000	A tree fell onto State Route 55.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$1,000	One tree was knocked down in Carrollton.
December 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$1,000	A couple of large trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$1,000	Numerous large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$1,000	Large tree limbs were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$1,000	Large tree limbs were down on power lines due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Carrollton	$1,000	A few roads were closed due to high water.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$1,000	Large branches were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2009	Flood	Carrollton	$1,000	High water was still present on area roadways.
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	$500	A tree was downed on Mound Hill Road.
April 2026	Flood	Carrollton	-	Schuerman Street was closed due to high water.
June 2021	Flood	Carrollton	-	High water resulted in a brief closure of Schuerman Street.
June 2019	Flood	Carrollton	-	High water was reported on a few roads in the Carrollton area.
September 2018	Flood	Carrollton	-	High water was reported over a portion of Lock Road near the river.
February 2018	Flash Flood	Carrollton	-	Multiple roads were closed throughout the county due to high water.
May 2017	Flood	Carrollton	-	High water was covering a portion of Highway 55 in the 3000 block.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	-	This was recorded at a Kentucky Mesonet site. A wind gust of 51 Knots was also recorded at 06:35 EST.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Carrollton	-	Shuerman Street was closed due to flooding.
April 2015	Flood	Carrollton	-	High water was reported on several roads throughout the county.
November 2013	Heavy Rain	Carrollton	-	Whites Run Road was closed in a low lying location due to high water caused by heavy rainfall.
November 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	-	The public estimated the gust.
May 2010	Flood	Carrollton	-	Roads were still reported closed due to previous flash flooding.
March 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	-	no account filed
July 2023	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
April 2016	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
May 2014	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
May 2012	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Carrollton	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
March 2012	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
March 2010	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Carrollton	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Carroll County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Prestonville	0.6 miles	12
Indian Hills	2.0 miles	12
Mound Hill (historical)	2.9 miles	12
Kings Ridge	2.9 miles	12
Notch Lick (historical)	3.3 miles	12
Little Kentucky (historical)	3.6 miles	12
Wrights Ridge (historical)	4.1 miles	11
Langstaff	4.4 miles	11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Carrollton	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2178824	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 488982. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.