Carterville, Texas

Carterville, Texas
Unincorporated community
Carterville is located in Texas
Carterville
Carterville
Carterville is located in the United States
Carterville
Carterville
Coordinates: 33°04′09″N 94°28′20″W / 33.06917°N 94.47222°W / 33.06917; -94.47222
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyCass
Elevation
[1]
282 ft (86 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes903 & 430
GNIS feature ID1378096[1]

Carterville is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas, United States.[1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 39 in 2000.

History

Carterville was said to have been settled in the 1860s and was named for a family of local settlers. In the 1960s, the community reached its population zenith of 75. There was a business, a town hall, and a church in Carterville in 1983. The population went down to 25 in 1990 then grew to 39 in 2000.[2]

Geography

Carterville is located at the intersection of Farm to Market Roads 995 and 130, 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Linden in western Cass County.[2]

Education

Today, the community is served by the Linden-Kildare Consolidated Independent School District.

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carterville, Texas
  2. ^ a b Carterville, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
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