CARROLLTON

city, seat (1829) of Carroll county, western Georgia, U.S., near the Little Tallapoosa River. Formerly called Troupsville, it was renamed (1829) for the Maryland patriot Charles Carroll. It developed as a trade and processing centre for surrounding fertile farmland and has a growing industrial base manufacturing textiles and wire and metal products. Carrollton is the seat of West Georgia College (1933), a branch of the University System of Georgia. Inc. 1856. Pop. (1990) 16,029.