City of Carrollton history

Under extreme pressure from the United States government and from his white first cousin, Georgia Governor George M. Troup, to vacate the area to white settlers, Chief McIntosh and eight minor chiefs signed a treaty on February 12, 1825, relinquishing all the Creek lands in Georgia.

The Creek were ordered to give up the land by September 1 and, in late 1826, surveying of the new land cession began.

On November 14, 1829, the county seat was moved to its present site, and on December 22, the legislature incorporated the town as Carrollton.

In 1844, A. W. Perry and his family claimed land within the area around Trinity Mills, where he entered a partnership with Wade H. Watt to build a grain mill.

Established on May 11, 1846 it is the first and oldest continuing Baptist congregation in Dallas County.

About 1851, brothers W.H. and Preston Witt began building a steam mill on the property of brother-in-law A.W. Perry 1/10 mile north of here to serve settlers in Dallas and Denton counties.

In 1855 Perry sold his interest to W.H. Witt.

The first school was started in 1856 in the Union Baptist Church, where Perry Cemetery is located today.

By 1858, a store and post office were added.

Purchased in 1861, the wood from this property was used by the Elkanah Bramblitt family for over 122 years to provide shelter and fuel for cooking and heat.

Robert and Sarah Warner began this family cemetery in 1873.

John Miller Myers made the application for Carrollton's first post office on May 10, 1878.

In 1884 this cemetery was established with the burial of Mr.

Telephone poles and lines extending from the Town Square to nearby homes and businesses are evident; the telephone was first available in Carrollton in 1890.

Beginning in 1900, local merchants started forming what is now the Downtown Carrollton Square.

In August 1901, a group met under a brush arbor near the corner of Walnut St and Jackson St forming what would become the First Methodist Church.

On September 1, 1902, a new two-story frame schoolhouse admitted its first students.

The church, built in 1903 at Jackson St and Belt Line Rd, was the first within the city limits.

TOWN SQUARE DURING THE 1908 FLOOD During the widespread flooding, mail and rail services were suspended and telephones were out for days.

The first city officers were elected on July 19, 1913, with William Forrest Vinson elected as Carrollton's first Mayor.

Junius Tribble (J.T.) Rhoton qualified and served as Mayor through 1915.

The first gazebo was built in 1921.

In 1922 the Texas Interurban Railway, an electric train, began passenger service in Carrollton for transport between Dallas and Denton.

The first locomotive to the area was in 1923.

1930 From left to right are the hardware store, Davis and Perry Grocery, and a combination drugstore and soda fountain.

1935 Jack Ogle stands outside the Marathon Service Station located on the southeast corner of Belt Line Road and Broadway Street.

Carrollton's first city charter was adopted in 1961, providing for a home-rule form of government under a manager and city council.

DeWitt Perry name officially recognized in 1962 when Turner High School opened and this became a junior high school.

Previously, students attended an unpainted clapboard school at the corner of what is now Belt Line & Erie. “Old Red” was razed in 1966 for additions to DeWitt Perry Jr.

In 2000, they moved again to 4561 N. Josey Lane and changed their name to Castle Hills Baptist Church.