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History · North Carrollton

North Carrollton’s post office opened in 1894, and 12% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1954 on and the census since 1900.

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Quick answers

How North Carrollton began

When was North Carrollton founded?

1894

The North Carrollton post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Rathbone (1892), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 189 in 19002020 census: 405132 years
Founding year: the first North Carrollton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about North Carrollton’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 North Carrollton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 859 in 1980; 405 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of North Carrollton’s homes were built before 1964.
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Start North Carrollton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how North Carrollton’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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People over time

North Carrollton, census by census

02004006008001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 859

Peaked at 859 in 1980; 405 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on North Carrollton’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

North Carrollton, in brief

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

North Carrollton is a town in Carroll County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Carrollton had a population of 405. It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.

Its first post office opened in 1894. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 473 to 405 (-14%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

North Carrollton, 1892 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Rathbone post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Rathbone post office closes
  4. 1894Post officeThe North Carrollton post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 859
By decade

North Carrollton, decade by decade

Today2 recent
NorthCarrolltonWelcomeSign2021NorthCarrolltonWelcomeSignNorth Carrollton, Mississippi2014North Carrollton, Mississippi
On the map

North Carrollton on the map, 1954 to 1983

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

North Carrollton on the 1954 USGS mapNorth Carrollton on the 1983 USGS map1954McCarley sheet · 1:62,500

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

Places that used to be

Lost post offices

North Carrollton’s post office has been open since 1894. Another post office, Rathbone, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Rathbone
1892–1894
North Carrollton
1894–today
18901960today

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

Questions about North Carrollton’s history

What year was North Carrollton founded?

The North Carrollton post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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

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Sources

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 Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.