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Mississippi County
Carroll County, Mississippi
Carrollton courthouse and north Mississippi antebellum heritage - from Carrollton's beautifully preserved antebellum courthouse square (the Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton is one of Mississippi's finest examples of Greek Revival courthouse architecture, surrounded by historic structures that reflect the county's prosperous antebellum cotton plantation past) to Carroll County's position at the edge of the Mississippi Delta (the county's western reaches touch the Delta's flat cotton fields while the eastern portion rises into rolling hill country, creating a diverse agricultural landscape of cotton, soybeans, and cattle).
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Office: Carroll County Emergency Management – confirm current contact via carrollcountyms.org.
Sheriff: Carroll County Sheriff’s Office – PO Box 291, Carrollton, MS 38917; elected at-large, four-year term; duties include courthouse custodian, circuit/chancery court security, and DHS transport services.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911. Carroll County has TWO county seats – Carrollton (Northern District) and Vaiden (Southern District), each with its own Chancery Clerk office: Carrollton (662) 237-9274, Vaiden (662) 464-5476.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: MS-35 and MS-17 serve Carrollton and Vaiden, the county’s dual seats, part of the Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area; Vaiden is the county’s largest town.
Notes: Carroll County was founded in 1833, named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton – the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Roughly 9,230-9,998 residents across 635 square miles, bordered by the Yazoo River to the west and the Big Black River to the east. Teoc, an unincorporated community roughly 8 miles northwest of North Carrollton, is likely the oldest settlement in the county.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Carroll County Courthouse – with locations serving both the Carrollton and Vaiden districts.
Notes: The Carrollton Historic District preserves numerous 19th-century structures, including the Buckland-Brownrigg House, Matthews-Hansbrough House, Carrollton Presbyterian Church, Hart House, Sanders-Norquist House (“Hayne Hall”), and Seven Gables, documented via period photography from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Carroll County Veterans Service Office – confirm current contact via carrollcountyms.org.
Federal: VA facilities accessible via a Jackson, MS or Memphis, TN VA medical center; confirm current routing.
Libraries
LIBRARIES
Carroll County Public Library System – Carrollton/North Carrollton branch hosts the Library Board of Trustees meetings; confirm current address/phone via carroll.lib.ms.us. Partially funded under the federal Library Services and Technology Act via the Mississippi Library Commission.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Carrollton Historic District and the Yazoo/Big Black River corridors are the county’s premier attractions.
Notes: The genuine connection to Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving Declaration of Independence signer, is a distinctive naming fact, and the dual-county-seat structure (Carrollton/Vaiden) is a notable administrative feature.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Carroll County Tax Assessor – confirm current contact via carrollcountyms.org.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
No dedicated Carroll County, Mississippi animal shelter was confirmed – flagged honestly rather than smoothed over. NAMING TRAP: “Carroll County Animal Shelter” search results frequently return Carroll County, Georgia or Carrollton, Texas – entirely different jurisdictions. Confirm current local options via carrollcountyms.org or the Sheriff’s Office.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Carroll County – confirm current contact via carrollcountyms.org.
NOTES: Carroll County is the first county in the second batch of the Mississippi v2 A+ sourced redo. The dual-county-seat structure (Carrollton and Vaiden) and the genuine connection to Declaration of Independence signer Charles Carroll of Carrollton are distinctive local facts. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Carroll County
Carroll County is north-central Mississippi’s antebellum heritage and Delta-edge agricultural county – Carrollton’s preserved courthouse square reflects a prosperous cotton-era past while the county’s landscape transitions from Delta flatlands to hill country, supporting cotton, soybean, and cattle farming across a historically significant stretch of north-central Mississippi.
Carrollton (population ~300) and Vaiden (population ~650) share county seat duties in one of Mississippi’s more sparsely populated rural counties.
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Carroll County Assessor at 1 Court Square, Carrollton, MS 38917, phone 662-237-9274. MS assessed at percentage of true value by property class.
Courts & Legal
Carroll County Circuit Court at 1 Court Square, Carrollton, MS 38917, phone 662-237-9274, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
CHANCERY CLERK
201 Lexington St., Carrollton, MS 38917
(662) 237-9274
CIRCUIT CLERK
201 Lexington St., Carrollton, MS 38917
(662) 237-9274
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Carroll County Chancery Court, 1st District (Carrollton) and 2nd District (Vaiden) – probate case files split by district; see Probate section above.
Carrollton is a Mississippi Delta town within the Greenwood micropolitan area.
Local societies
No dedicated Carroll County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Carroll County Chancery Court – TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
Carroll County is one of several Mississippi counties split into two judicial districts, each with its own courthouse and Chancery Clerk’s office. File in whichever district covers the area where the decedent lived.
1st District (Carrollton): P.O. Box 60, Carrollton, MS 38917, (662) 237-9274
2nd District (Vaiden): P.O. Box 6, Vaiden, MS 39176, (662) 464-5476
Carroll County was founded 1833, named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, in the Mississippi Delta region, with dual county seats – Carrollton (Northern District) and Vaiden (Southern District, also the county’s largest town).
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Mississippi has not adopted the Uniform Probate Code and instead follows its own statutory framework under Miss. Code Ann. Title 91, Chapter 7. Mississippi’s small-estate threshold, at $75,000, is one of the lowest in the country, so most estates end up needing at least some court involvement.
Small Estate Affidavit (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-322) – personal property only, up to $75,000 (excluding liens and encumbrances). A 30-day waiting period after death applies. The affidavit is presented directly to whoever holds the property (a bank, for instance); that party is not required to investigate the truth of the affidavit and is protected from liability once it complies.
Muniment of Title (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-5-35) – a limited proceeding to transfer real property named in a will, without full administration, when the estate’s non-real-estate assets are $75,000 or less and all debts (including taxes) have been paid. A petition is still filed with the Chancery Court to declare the will valid; the will and court order are then recorded in the land records.
Formal Administration – required for most estates with real property beyond the muniment-of-title threshold or significant liquid assets. The Chancery Judge reviews the petition, the will (if any), and supporting documents before issuing Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration appointing the personal representative.
Step 2: filing for probate
File a petition with the Chancery Court district covering the area where the decedent was domiciled.
The personal representative inventories assets and notifies creditors; Mississippi’s creditor claim period runs 90 days (Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-145).
Claims and disputes are adjudicated by the Chancery Court if contested.
Once debts are settled and the creditor period closes, the estate can be distributed and closed.
What it costs
Costs are the Chancery Clerk’s per-county filing fee (built on the statewide base under Miss. Code § 25-7-9), plus recording fees and publication costs.
Mississippi has no state estate tax or inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax could separately apply, and only to very large estates.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
201 Lexington St., Carrollton, MS 38917
(662) 237-6221
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTIONS
201 Lexington St., Carrollton, MS 38917
(662) 237-9274
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Office: Carroll County Health Department (Mississippi State Department of Health) – confirm current phone via carrollcountyms.org.
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County Facts
Population: 10,000
Area: 628 sq mi
Established: 1833
Tier: 4
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