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.
Boundaries: Bounded north by Pennsylvania; east by Baltimore County; south by Howard County; west by Frederick County.
![[photo, Carroll County Historic Courthouse, Courthouse Square, 200 Willis St., Westminster, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/carr/images/i006247a.jpg)
County Code
County Seat: Westminster, MD 21157
Form of Government: County Commissioners
Population: 1990 census: 123,372; 2000 census: 150,897; 2010 census: 167,134; 2020 census: 172,891
Carroll County Historic Courthouse, Courthouse Square, 200 Willis St., Westminster, Maryland, January 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
websites:
Accounting Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/comptroller/accounting/
Aging & Disabilities Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/citizen-services/bureau-of-aging-disabilities/
Animal Control: http://hscarroll.org/
Budget Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/management-budget/bureau-of-budget/
Circuit Court: http://ccgovernment.carr.org/ccg/circuit-court/Default.aspx
Citizen Services: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/citizen-services/
Collections Office: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/comptroller/collectionstaxes/
Community College: www.carrollcc.edu/
Comptroller Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/comptroller/
County Commissioners: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/commissioners/
County Government: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/
County Government Directory: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/
Development Review Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/land-resource-management/development-review/
District Court: www.courts.state.md.us/district/directories/courtmap.html#CARROLL
Economic Development Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/economic-development/
Elections Board: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/boards-commissions/board-of-elections/
Engineering Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/engineering/
Ethics Commission: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/boards-commissions/ethics-commission/
Facilities Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/facilities/
Fleet Management & Warehouse Operations Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/fleet-managementwarehouse/
Grants Office: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/management-budget/grants-management/
Health Dept.: http://cchd.maryland.gov/
Housing & Community Development Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/citizen-services/bureau-of-housing-community-development/
Human Resources Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/human-resources/
Job Service: www.dllr.state.md.us/county/carr/
Land & Resource Management Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/land-resource-management/
Law Office: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/county-attorney/
Library: http://library.carr.org/
Management & Budget Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/management-budget/
Permits & Inspections Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/permits-inspections/
Planning Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/planning/
Public Safety Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-safety/
Public Schools: www.carrollk12.org/
Public Works Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/
Purchasing Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/comptroller/purchasing/
Recreation & Parks Dept.: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/recreation-parks/
Recycling Office: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/office-of-recycling/
Register of Wills: http://registers.maryland.gov/main/carroll.html
Resource Management Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/land-resource-management/resource-management/
Risk Management: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/management-budget/risk-management/
Roads Operations Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/roads-operations/
Sheriff's Office: https://sheriff.carrollcountymd.gov/
Social Services Dept.: http://dhr.maryland.gov/local-offices/carroll-county/
Solid Waste Operations: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/solid-waste/
State's Attorney: http://carrollcountystatesattorney.org/
Technology Services: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/technology-services/
Tourism Office: https://carrollcountytourism.org/
Transit System: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/transit/
Utilities Bureau: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/directory/public-works/utilities/
Zoning Appeals, Board of: www.carrollcountymd.gov/government/boards-commissions/board-of-zoning-appeals
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