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Historical Markers in Carrollton, Mississippi

 
Clickable Map of Carroll County, Mississippi and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Carroll County, MS (10) Attala County, MS (12) Grenada County, MS (19) Holmes County, MS (22) Leflore County, MS (34) Montgomery County, MS (13)  CarrollCounty(10) Carroll County (10)  AttalaCounty(12) Attala County (12)  GrenadaCounty(19) Grenada County (19)  HolmesCounty(22) Holmes County (22)  LefloreCounty(34) Leflore County (34)  MontgomeryCounty(13) Montgomery County (13)
Carrolton is the county seat for Carroll County
Carrollton is in Carroll County
      Carroll County (10)  
ADJACENT TO CARROLL COUNTY
      Attala County (12)  
      Grenada County (19)  
      Holmes County (22)  
      Leflore County (34)  
      Montgomery County (13)  
 
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1 Mississippi, Carroll County, Carrollton — Carrollton
On U.S. 82 at Lexington Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82.
Home of James Z. George & Hernando D. Money. Friends and neighbors; buried here in Evergreen Cemetery. Both statesmen served long in public life as lawyers, jurists, and U.S. senators.Map (db m170284) HM
2 Mississippi, Carroll County, Carrollton — Carrollton Lodge No. 36
On Lexington Street just south of Magnolia Street, on the left when traveling north.
Chartered in 1838, Carrollton Lodge No. 36 is among the oldest Masonic lodges in the state. Built in 1899, the lodge hall is the second oldest in Mississippi in continuous use. Prominent citizens of Carroll County who were members include U.S. . . . Map (db m229039) HM
3 Mississippi, Carroll County, Carrollton — Elizabeth Spencer — Mississippi Writers Trail —
On Jackson Street east of Lexington Street (State Route 17), on the right when traveling east.
Born in Carrollton in 1921, Elizabeth Spencer aspired to be a writer early on. After receiving encouragement from writer Eudora Welty, whom she met while attending Belhaven College in Jackson, Spencer obtained a master's degree from Vanderbilt . . . Map (db m170313) HM
4 Mississippi, Carroll County, Carrollton — Malmaison
On U.S. 82 at Lexington Street, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 82.
Northwest 9 miles is site of plantation mansion of Greenwood Leflore, chief of Choctaws, statesman and planter. Home burned, 1942. His grave is near the site.Map (db m170285) HM
5 Mississippi, Carroll County, Carrollton — 27 — Namour & Smith — Mississippi Country Music Trail —
On Jackson Street east of Lexington Street (State Route 17), on the right when traveling east.
Blending blues and old-time dance tunes, fiddler William T. Narmour (1889-1961) and guitarist Shellie W. Smith (1895-1968) became an influential duo with forty-eight recordings for Okeh and Bluebird records from 1928 to 1934 that often . . . Map (db m170375) HM
 
 
 
 
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Apr. 23, 2024