County · Northern Missouri
Carroll County
Short answer
A northern-Missouri river county along the Missouri River bottoms, with Carrollton as its courthouse-square seat, broad FEMA-mapped bottomland farmland served by levee and drainage districts, and small towns and unincorporated communities like Wakenda.
Towns, cities & local places in Carroll County
BogardBosworthCarrolltonColomaDe WittNorborne
- Region
- Northern Missouri
- Local notes
- 15
- Notes nearby
- 6
- Nearby counties
- 6
Property tax snapshot
Missouri has no single county rate. A bill is the sum of every taxing district on the parcel — county, school, city, fire, library, ambulance — and the school levy varies most within a county.
Practical guides
Common county next steps in Carroll County
Use these when the local office, parcel, vehicle, or deadline matters.
Property tax estimator Estimate a real-property bill, then confirm the exact parcel value and levy locally. Personal property tax guide Sort January 1 vehicle ownership, paid receipts, and statements of non-assessment. Vehicle title checklist Plan the license-office trip around title timing, inspections, emissions, and receipts. Assessment appeal guide If a value looks wrong, start with the county deadline and evidence about market value.
Local notes
Local rules and costs to check in Carroll County
Short notes on the taxes, paperwork, and local-government layers here — grouped by topic, each linking the official sources behind it.
Carroll recorded-document searches start with the recorder Carroll County's recorder page points residents to an online search for marriage records, real estate records, and tax liens. Low-water roads and winter driving in rural Carroll County Rural Carroll County mixes state lettered routes and county roads, and roads through the river bottoms can flood, which affects access and safety. Carroll personal-property declarations are a March 1 assessor job Carroll County's assessor page says taxable personal and business property owned on January 1 must be declared by March 1. Incorporated towns versus unincorporated Carroll County Where you live in Carroll County, an incorporated city or an unincorporated area, changes which government sets local rules, utilities, and services. River-bottom land in Carroll County sits in mapped floodplain Much of southern Carroll County is Missouri River bottomland, and parcels there can fall in FEMA-mapped special flood hazard areas that affect insurance and lending. Some Carroll city taxes are on the county tax bill Carroll County's collector-treasurer says city taxes for Bogard, Bosworth, De Witt, and Norborne are included in the county tax bill.
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Home & Property
Local Government
Local notes
Worth knowing in Carroll County
History, rivers, lakes, and quirks that give the county some shape.
Carroll County's museum tells early life room by room The Carroll County Historical Museum in Carrollton uses period rooms, a log cabin, and local displays to make early county life easier to picture. Carrollton's sheriff quarters keep law-and-jail history on the square The Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail at 101 West Washington Street shows how jail, sheriff, court, and courthouse-square life sat close together. Bunch Hollow is Carroll County prairie, savanna, and timber restoration Bunch Hollow Conservation Area north of Carrollton turns old fields, timber, crop ground, and prescribed fire into a prairie-savanna restoration story. Little Compton Lake puts public fishing on the Grand River side Little Compton Lake Conservation Area gives northeastern Carroll County a lake-and-Grand-River public land area. Carrollton is the county seat and courthouse square Carrollton is where Carroll County's courthouse and core county offices sit, so most property, tax, and records business routes through it. Bosworth Access puts Carroll County on the Grand River Bosworth Access and nearby Grand River conservation land give Carroll County a small but useful public-water layer, with MDC rules and maps doing the real work.
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Official sources
Where to confirm it
A short set of official county and agency pages cited here. The other 24 source links stay with their individual notes.
Visit Missouri - Carroll County Historical Museum Missouri State Parks - Carroll County Sheriff's Quarters and Jail Missouri State Parks - Carroll County National Register listings Carroll County Assessor Missouri Department of Conservation - Bunch Hollow Conservation Area Carroll County Collector-Treasurer Carroll County Collector Treasurer Taxpayer Portal Missouri Department of Conservation - Little Compton Lake Conservation Area Carroll County Recorder of Deeds
Worth knowing nearby
Notes from the counties closest to Carroll County
Source-checked notes from the nearest counties — the local layer often carries across the county line.
Chillicothe's murals turn downtown walls into local memory Livingston County · Chillicothe's city mural program gives Livingston County a walkable way to see trains, brickmaking, business, dairy, fire, and downtown history. Saline County's 1882 courthouse still anchors Marshall's square Saline County · Saline County says the present courthouse was built in 1882 and still stands on the central square in Marshall. Hardin Conservation Area is a 1993 flood story you can still read on the land Ray County · Hardin Conservation Area south of Hardin shows how Ray County's Missouri River floodplain changed after the 1993 flood, with a scour hole, wetlands, forest, hunting, fishing, and MDC rules all in one place. Lafayette County tax bills pass through local district layers Lafayette County · The Lafayette County Collector collects current and delinquent property taxes and distributes collections to tax entities such as schools, library, and fire districts. Swan Lake is Chariton County's federal bird refuge Chariton County · Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge gives Chariton County a federal wetland and bird-migration anchor near Sumner. Hawn's Mill makes Caldwell County's 1838 story personal Caldwell County · Hawn's Mill, on Shoal Creek in eastern Caldwell County, is a hard but important 1838 history site tied to the Missouri Mormon War and the county's early settlement story.
Nearby counties
Closest counties to Carroll County
Nearby counties with their own local notes.
Livingston County A north-central Missouri farm county on the Grand River, anchored by its seat Chillicothe, which carries the 'Home of Sliced Bread' (1928) story. Saline County A Missouri River corridor county with deep, layered history: the Boonslick and Santa Fe Trail at Arrow Rock, the Missouria people and ancient earthworks at Van Meter State Park, and 'Little Dixie' plantation-and-slavery history along the river bottoms. Ray County A Missouri River county northeast of Kansas City with Richmond as its courthouse-square seat, fertile river-bottom farmland under FEMA floodplain mapping, and a layered, carefully-sourced Mormon-era history around the 1838 Battle of Crooked River. Lafayette County Lafayette County sits on the south bank of the Missouri River east of Kansas City, with Lexington as its seat. Chariton County A northern Missouri River county where agriculture and river-bottom land set the rhythm of property life: floodplain and drainage questions in the bottoms, private wells and septic on rural ground, and a courthouse-square seat at Keytesville. Caldwell County A small, rural northern-Missouri farm county seated at Kingston, with row-crop and livestock agriculture driving fence-law and right-to-farm questions, lettered and gravel rural roads, and two nationally significant 1838 Mormon War sites — Far West and Haun's Mill — that warrant careful, well-sourced handling.
Reviewed June 18, 2026. These notes are a starting point — confirm exact parcel, license, tax, or permit details with the Carroll County office that controls each record.
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