Carterville, Texas

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Carterville, Texas
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Carterville
Coordinates: 33°04′09″N94°28′20″W / 33.06917°N 94.47222°W / 33.06917; -94.47222
Country United States
State Texas
County Cass
Elevation
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282 ft (86 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 903 & 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.

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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.

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