Carroll County
Also known as Carroll County, Mississippi, Carroll County, MS
county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton
- Seat
- Carrollton (Northern District) , Vaiden (Southern District)
- Largest town
- Vaiden
- Total
- 635 sq mi (1,640 km )
- Land
- 628 sq mi (1,630 km )
- Water
- 6.3 sq mi (16 km ) 1.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,226
- Density
- 15.9/sq mi (6.15/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
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Carroll County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,998. Its county seats are Carrollton and Vaiden. The county is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
Carroll County is part of the Greenwood, Micropolitan Statistical Area. Bordered by the Yazoo River on the west and the Big Black River to the east, it is considered to lie within the Mississippi Delta region. Most of its land, however, is in the hill country.