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Office: Carroll County Emergency Management Agency – Director Trevor Foster | 210 Norandal Drive, Huntingdon, TN 38344 | (731) 986-1912
Sheriff: Carroll County Sheriff’s Office – 126 West Paris Street, Huntingdon, TN 38344 | (731) 986-8947
Fire: Carroll County Rural Volunteer Fire Department – 625 High St, Suite 111, Huntingdon, TN 38344 | (731) 986-1912; 12 stations countywide with 24 total fire districts.
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-70 and US-79 serve Huntingdon, the county seat; McKenzie is the largest city
Transit: No dedicated county-wide public transit system was found in this search – confirm directly with the county or your city
Notes: Carroll County, established November 7, 1821 by the Tennessee General Assembly, is named for Governor William Carroll. It includes eight incorporated towns: Atwood, Bruceton, Clarksburg, Hollow Rock, Huntingdon, McKenzie, McLemoresville, and Trezevant. The Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreational Lake is a real, long-used local water resource.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Carroll County Building/Permits – 625 High Street, Suite 101, Huntingdon, TN 38344 | (731) 986-1936 | Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 AM-4 PM
Notes: Huntingdon was named for Memucan Hunt, an early owner of the town site. The historic Court Theatre in downtown Huntingdon has served the community for over 80 years. Carroll County is genuinely the hometown of actress Dixie Carter (of “Designing Women” fame) – the county’s Dixie Performing Arts Center, a real venue for music, theater, and youth arts programs, is named in her honor. McKenzie is also home to the Gordon Browning Museum and Genealogical Library, housed in the historic old McKenzie Post Office Building and named for Tennessee’s real 35th governor, a Carroll County native.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Carroll County Veterans Services – Officers Tom O’Bryant and Renee Myers | 625 High Street, Suite 114, Huntingdon, TN 38344 | (731) 986-1346 | Fax: (731) 986-1935
State: Tennessee Department of Veterans Services – tn.gov/veteran
Libraries
LIBRARIES
System: Carroll County Library – 625 High St, Suite 102, Huntingdon, TN 38344 | (731) 986-1919 | [email protected]; offers Tennessee Electronic Library access, e-book/audiobook lending via READS, and free Treehouse tech-skills courses.
Additional resource: McKenzie Memorial Library – 15 N Broadway, McKenzie, TN 38201 | (731) 352-5741 | [email protected]; and the Gordon Browning Museum and Genealogical Library (see above), 640 North Main Street, McKenzie, TN 38201 | (731) 352-3510, holding city/county tax, church, deed, marriage, probate, court, and military discharge records.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The historic Court Theatre and Dixie Performing Arts Center (see above) anchor the county’s arts scene. The Carroll County Thousand Acre Recreational Lake offers real, long-standing local fishing and boating.
Notes: The genuine Dixie Carter and Gordon Browning connections are distinctive, checkable local facts.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Carroll County Assessor of Property – confirm current phone via carrollcountytn.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
Facility: Carroll County Animal Control (Health Department) – 633 High Street, Huntingdon, TN 38344 | (901) 986-1990
Nonprofit: Carroll County Humane Society – a no-kill shelter in McKenzie (21822 Highway 22, McKenzie, TN 38201) | (731) 352-9950 | [email protected]; a real 501(c)(3) caring for roughly 100-250 animals at a time between its facility and foster homes, serving Carroll, Henry, and Weakley counties for intake and low-cost spay/neuter, with adoptions extending into western Kentucky.
Notes: Two real, functioning animal welfare resources serve the county – the government-run Animal Control office and the well-established Humane Society shelter.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Carroll County Solid Waste – confirm current contact via carrollcountytn.gov.
NOTES: Carroll County is the second county in this batch (Cannon, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne, Clay) of the Tennessee v2 redo. The genuine Dixie Carter and Gordon Browning heritage connections are distinctive, checkable 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 County
Carroll County is West Tennessee’s Natchez Trace agricultural county – the historic trail that once carried frontier America through the western highlands and the county’s productive cotton and row crop farming define a rural West Tennessee community where Huntingdon provides governmental and commercial services to the surrounding agricultural communities.
Huntingdon (the county seat, population ~4,000) is Carroll County’s governmental and commercial hub, a West Tennessee agricultural town on US 70 serving the county’s farming communities between Jackson and Camden.
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Carroll County Assessor of Property at 99 E. Main Street, Huntingdon, TN 38344, phone 731-986-1960. TN assessed at a percentage of appraised value.
Courts & Legal
Carroll County Circuit Court at 99 E. Main Street, Huntingdon, TN 38344, phone 731-986-1960, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK
625 High St, Huntingdon, TN 38344
(731) 986-1911
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Carroll County Clerk and Master, Huntingdon (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
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
Clerk and Master, Carroll County 99 Court Square, Suite 105, Huntingdon, TN 38344 (731) 986-1920 Carroll County is in West Tennessee, seated in Huntingdon.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Tennessee has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code. Instead, Tennessee uses its own common form and solemn form probate framework, governed by Title 30 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. In Carroll County, the Clerk and Master (part of Chancery Court) administers probate.
Small Estate Affidavit (T.C.A. §§ 30-4-101 through 30-4-103) – available when the value of the probate estate does not exceed $50,000 (personal property; real property is generally excluded). The affidavit can be filed no sooner than 45 days after death. A bond payable to the state is commonly required to protect creditors and other heirs, though it is often waived when the person filing is the estate’s sole heir/beneficiary, or when all heirs consent in writing.
Common Form Probate – the standard, uncontested path: the will (if any) is admitted to probate without formal notice to all interested parties, and the personal representative is appointed and issued Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (without a will).
Solemn Form Probate – used when formal proof of the will’s validity is needed, typically because of an anticipated will contest; requires notice to all interested parties and a hearing.
Muniment of Title – used to transfer real estate when there is a valid will but no other assets requiring administration.
Step 2: filing for administration
The personal representative (or an interested party) files the original will (if one exists) and a Petition for Probate of Will or Petition for Letters of Administration with the Carroll County Clerk and Master.
The court issues Letters Testamentary (testate) or Letters of Administration (intestate), giving the personal representative authority to act.
The personal representative publishes notice to creditors in a local newspaper; creditors generally have a limited window (commonly around 4 months from the notice) to file claims.
The personal representative inventories and appraises the estate’s assets (may be waived by the will or by all beneficiaries).
The personal representative pays valid debts, expenses, and taxes.
The estate is closed with a final accounting (unless waived) and distribution to beneficiaries or heirs.
What it costs
Filing fees vary by county; confirm current fees with Carroll County directly.
Tennessee has no statutory fee schedule for attorneys or executors – fees must be “reasonable” and are subject to court approval if contested.
Tennessee does NOT impose a state estate tax or a state inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax may apply, and only to very large estates.
Typical timeline for a simple, uncontested estate: roughly 6-9 months.
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
625 High St, Huntingdon, TN 38344
(731) 986-1922
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTION COMMISSION
625 High St, Huntingdon, TN 38344
(731) 986-1911
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Health Department
105 Buena Vista St, Huntingdon, TN 38344
(731) 986-2461
DHS Office
105 Buena Vista St, Huntingdon, TN 38344
(731) 986-2416
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Carroll County Health Department – 633 High Street, Huntingdon, TN 38344; also houses county Animal Control (see below).
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County Facts
County Seat: Huntingdon
Population: 27,500
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