Carrollton, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Carrollton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64633. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton East quadrangle. 3,514 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 755 feet above sea level.
Research this city
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 4 records
Carroll County Court Houselisted 1995
Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jaillisted 1979
U.S. Post Officelisted 1977
Wilcoxson and Company Banklisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresCarrollton fell from 3,784 to 3,514 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 | 3,784 | |
| 2020 | 3,514 | -270 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Carrollton East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Moberly quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
4,119 words on this townshipHistory of Carroll County, Missouri : Carefully Written and Compiled from the Most Authentic Official and Private Sources, Including a History of Its Townships, Cities, Towns and Villages, Together with a Condensed History of Missouri ; the Constitution of the United States, and State of Missouri ; a Military Record of Its Volunteers in Either Army of the Great Civil War ; General and Local Statistics ; Miscellany ; Reminiscences, Grave, Tragic and Humorous ; Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Citizens Identified with the Interests of the Country, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Carrollton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Carrollton, the county seat Carroll county, is located on the line of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific railroad, 209 miles north-west of St. Louis, .and 66 miles east of Kansas City. It is located on a high bluff* overlooking the Mirrouri river bottoms, and contains a population of nearly 4,000 souls. Statistics can'be produced showing that her annual trade is far ahead of any towns on the line of the railroad or river, and is constantly increasing. She can boast of more fine, large business houses than any town outside of the metropolis of the state, and probably St. Joseph and Kansas City. She has more large hearted, public spirited citizens, more energy, more git-up and go ahead than half a dozen ordinary county, towns.
The first improvements made in the present limits of the city, was by John Standley, the report of which is found in the history of Carrollton township. The next was by Morgan P. Ellis, on lot 5, block 9, corner of Main and Benton streets, and now occupied by the commodious storehouse of Baum & David. About this time John Trotter put up a log house near where the African M. E. church is located.
August, 1837, Lewis Rees filed petition of citizens of Carrollton, praying for incorporation, and asking that the east half of the southeast quarter of section 32, township 53, range 23, be included in said incorporation. Court granted petition, and ordered that the inhabitants thereof be a body politic, and corporate under the name and style of the "Town of Carrollton," and that Lindsay Harmon, Ed. V. Warren, Hiram Wilcoxson, John Espey, and L. N. Rees be and are hereby appointed trustees.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Carrollton Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Carrollton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 122 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 6 April 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178604-01749-04162019-1533 |
| 16 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.1 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178603-01749-04162019-1040 |
| 8 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.8 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176253-01749-03082018-1223 |
| 8 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Carrollton: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S & G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Minnis + Trotten Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 71 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrollton in 71 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 37 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $25,000 | Roof blown off a house. Silo blown over onto church. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of a home east of Carrollton. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $2,000 | Trees...large limbs...and a power pole down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $2,000 | Power lines down. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $1,000 | A power pole was broken on Highway D near Highway E. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $1,000 | Roof damage to building on Highway 65. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | $1,000 | Several trees and power lines downed. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Power line downed in Carrollton and power is out. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Carrollton | - | Flash flooding washed out a basement, causing a house to come off the foundation. Cost of this damage is unknown. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Several large trees of unknown size or condition were down in Carrolton. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Trees blown onto power lines and buildings damage in town. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Carrollton | - | Water was reported over Highway UU, near Big Creek. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph were estimated. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Carrollton | - | Route E was closed due to high water. |
| August 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Carrollton | - | Delayed report received from public via broadcast media. Brief tornado touchdown at 1405 CST. No damage noted. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Trees and limbs down in town. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | 6 to 8 inch tree limbs blown down. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | The sheriff's department reported 60 mph winds in Carrollton. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Carrollton | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground west of Carrollton. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Carrollton | - | Two citizens reported that a tornado touched down briefly in open bottomland, and moved east 1 mile. The tornado lifted after approximately two minutes on the ground, without doing any damage. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | The Carrollton Fire Department recorded at 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | Tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were downed. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | 62 MPH wind gust reported at Carrollton. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | The Carrollton Fire Department reported a 60 MPH wind gust during a thunderstorm at Carrollton. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Carrollton | - | Quarter-size hail was reported by a spotter 10 miles west of Carrollton. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Carrollton | - | A severe thunderstorm produced quarter-size hail in Carrollton. Very heavy rain also fell with the storm as 1.3 inches were measured in 15 minutes at Carrollton. |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | A severe thunderstorm knocked numerous trees down in Carrollton. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | The sheriff's office at Carrollton reported a wind gust to 65 mph. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrollton | - | no account filed |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carrollton | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| W B Junction | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Standish | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bowdry (historical) | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Palemon | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wakenda | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bogard | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Milford | 7.5 miles | 18 |
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 Q953907 | 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 715434. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.








