Carrollton / Carroll
County Tourism
 P.O. Box 293
Carrollton, KY 41008
502-732-7036
1-800-325-4290

 

 

“We have visited both in the winter  (February) for Strawberry Month and again in the summer.  We cannot decide which we like the best!  I guess we will have to continue to come several times a year!”

Location:

Carroll County is located mid-way (approximately 45-50 miles) between Louisville and Cincinnati on Highway 42 or Interstate 71 at Exit 44.  Carrollton is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers.

  • 14 Miles from the Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, KY

  • 20 Miles from Belterra Casino in Belterra, IN 

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Population:

  • Carrollton  3,938

  • Carroll County 10,811

Square Miles: 130 (Carroll County)

Time Zone:  Eastern

Area Code:  502 

Average Temperature:  60.4

Average Annual Rainfall:  44.39

Average Snowfall: 17.4

Prevailing Winds:  South

Transportation:

Highways:  Major highways serving Carrollton are Interstate 71, and U.S. Highway 42, and Kentucky Route 227.  All of these highways are AAA-rated (80,000 –pound gross load limit) trucking highways.

An interchange of Interstate 71 is located four miles southeast of Carrollton via Kentucky 227.  Interstate 71 provides direct access to Interstate 75, thirty-six miles northeast of Carrollton, near Cincinnati. Ohio; and to Interstates 64 and 64 in Louisville; fifty-one miles southwest of Carrollton.

Airports 

  • Madison Municipal Airport
    Madison, IN
    20 miles west of Carrollton
    812-265-4599 

  • Louisville International Airport
    Louisville, KY
    55 miles southwest of Carrollton
    502-368-6524

  • Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Int’l Airport
    Covington, Kentucky
    55 northeast of Carrollton
    859-767-3151

Transient Room Tax:  3% 

River Gage:  Markland Dam Lower Pool (McAlpin)
Normal River Stage:  12.5 feet

Carrollton is located at the 545.9 mile mark on the Ohio River and Lock #1 on the Kentucky River.  

Carrollton is located between Markland Dam 0327720 and Louisville 2nd Street 03293548.  Carrollton is set at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers.

 
Ghent is located at the 537 mile mark on the Ohio River.

River Levels:
http://www.landbigfish.com/riverlevels/levels.cfm?StateID=KY

 

 

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