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Tennessee AHGP Information Carroll, County, Tennessee, situated in the w. part of the state. It contains 960 sq. ms. It forms the height of land between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers, toward both of which its streams flow. Capital, Huntingdon. There were in 1840, neat cattle 47,163, sheep 30,635, swine 65,349; wheat 684,691 bushels produced, Ind. corn 692,340, oats 74,079, potatoes 34,320, tobacco 868,664 pounds, cotton 215,383; 13 stores, cap. 43,800; 9 tanneries, 8 distilleries, 3 flouring m., 17 grist m., 12 saw m., 1 printing office, 1 weekly newspaper. Cap. in manufac. $40,027. 35 sch. 923 scholars. Pop. 1830, 9,397; 1840, whites 10,114, slaves 2,218, free col'd 30; total, 12,362. Huntingdon, p-v., Capital of Carroll County, Tennessee, 98 w. Nashville, 783 W. Situated on the s. fork of Obion r. It contains a court house, and several stores and dwellings.
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