CARROLL COUNTY – Canal Society

Carroll County was formed in 1828 and named for Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, who died in 1832.^[3]^[4] The county seat of Delphi was established the same year by General Samuel Milroy. The Wabash and Erie Canal, built through the county in 1840 and operating until the early 1870s, is among the county’s most significant historical legacies.

Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and one of the signers of the American Declaration of Independence. He was the sole Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.^[3] He is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America.