CARROLL COUNTY, MARYLAND
![[County Seal, Carroll County, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/carr/images/1198-1-887b.gif)
Origin: Carroll County was formed in 1837 from Baltimore and Frederick Counties by Constitutional amendment (Chapter 256, Acts of 1835; confirmed by Chapter 19, Acts of 1836, which was passed January 19, 1837). The County was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), Revolutionary War statesman and a Maryland signer of Declaration of Independence.
County Code
County Profile
County Seat: Westminster, MD 21157
Form of Government: County Commissioners
Population: 1990 census: 123,372; 2000 census: 150,897; 2010 census: 167,134
![[photo, Carroll County Historic Courthouse, Courthouse Square, 200 Willis St., Westminster, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/carr/images/i006247a.jpg)
Carroll County Historic Courthouse, Courthouse Square, 200 Willis St., Westminster, Maryland, January 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
websites:
Aging Bureau: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/aging/
Budget Bureau: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/budget/
Carroll County: www.carr.org
Circuit Court: www.courts.state.md.us/clerks/carroll/
Citizen Services: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/citserv/
Community College: www.carrollcc.edu
Comptroller Dept.: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/comp/
County Government: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/
County Government Directory: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/directory.asp
Economic Development Dept.: www.carrollbiz.org
Elections Board: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/election/
Health Dept.: www.carrollhealthdepartment.dhmh.md.gov
Human Resources Dept.: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/humanres/
Job Service: www.dllr.state.md.us/county/carr/
Library: http://library.carr.org
Permits & Inspections Bureau: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/permits/
Planning Dept.: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/plan/
Public Schools: www.carrollk12.org
Public Works Dept.: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/pubworks/
Register of Wills: http://registers.maryland.gov/main/carroll.html
Social Services Dept.: www.dhr.state.md.us/blog/?p=207
State's Attorney: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/stateatt/
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