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History · Carrolton Township

32% of Carrolton Township’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listings are the Allis Barn and the Inspiration Point Wayside Rest. Below: maps from 1965 on.

2on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Carrolton Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Carrolton Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Carrolton Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Carrolton Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Carrollton
1867–1870
Preston Station
1871–1872
Isinours
1872–1904
18601940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Isinours
Gone or out of use
Isinours Post Officepost office
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Carrolton Township
BellCarroltonLanesboroSaint Patrick's CatholicUnion Prairie

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story so far

Carrolton Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Carrolton Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 314 to 379 (+21%).

Timeline

Carrolton Township, 1867 to 1965

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1867Post officeThe Carrollton post office opens
  3. 1870Post officeThe Carrollton post office closes
  4. 1871Post officeThe Preston Station post office opens
  5. 1872Post officeThe Preston Station post office closes
  6. 1872Post officeThe Isinours post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1904Post officeThe Isinours post office closes
  9. 1965On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Carrolton Township on the map, 1965 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Carrolton Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Carrolton Township on the 1965 USGS mapCarrolton Township on the 1985 USGS map1965Preston sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Carrolton Township.

On the National Register

2 historic places in Carrolton Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Allis Barn
Allis BarnInspiration Point Wayside Rest
BuildingsSites
Allis BarnBuilding
All 2 listings
Inspiration Point Wayside RestSite · listed 2015

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Lanesboro2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPreston4 historic placesA−Preston TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHolt TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPilot Mound TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFountain Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townArendahl TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Carrolton Township’s history

What is on the National Register in Carrolton Township?

Two places: the Allis Barn (listed 1982) and the Inspiration Point Wayside Rest (2015).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.