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Carroll is a city in west-central Iowa and the county seat of Carroll County, located along the Middle Raccoon River.

Carroll was laid out in 1867 as a railroad town, and in 1869 the centrally located town — then called Carroll City — was selected as the county seat, replacing Carrollton amid some protest.

Carroll and its county are named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, who was the only Roman Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence and its longest-living signer.

Carroll's second courthouse burned to the ground in 1886; its stone-and-brick replacement with a clock tower served for more than 75 years, and the present courthouse was dedicated on September 24, 1966, with the old courthouse bell still displayed on the grounds.

In 1960, a Douglas DC-3 carrying the Minneapolis Lakers basketball team made a famous emergency landing in a Carroll cornfield during a snowstorm after an electrical malfunction left the plane lost.

Carroll had 10,321 residents at the 2020 census, roughly half of Carroll County's entire population of 20,760.

Carroll's residents lived in 4,468 households at the 2020 census, and with 22.3% of residents aged 65 or older, the city's median age was 42.5 years.

Public school students in Carroll attend the Carroll Community School District, while the Kuemper Catholic School System, including Kuemper Catholic High School, serves the area's Catholic families.

Carroll has a hot-summer humid continental climate, and its weather records include a low of minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

NBA head coach Nick Nurse, now with the Philadelphia 76ers, is a Carroll native listed among the city's notable people.