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unusual facts about Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District


Goo Kennedy

As of 2003, Kennedy was working for the Special Education/Alternative Education Center of the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District in Texas.


17th Ward of New Orleans

Going roughly from the river to the lake, the 17th Ward includes the Carrollton Riverbend area, Upper or West Carrollton with the noted Oak Street commercial area, the Leonidas neighborhood, Palmer Park at Carrollton and Claiborne, Northwest Carrollton, Hollygrove and Dixon neighborhoods (known for producing a number of rap music artists, such as Lil Wayne, Mack Maine, Fiend, and DJ Hollygrove.

Alabama State Route 46

Its present purpose is to serve as a connecting route between Heflin and communities in western Georgia such as Bowdon and Carrollton.

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529

Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 was an Embraer Brasilia aircraft that crashed near Carrollton, Georgia in the United States on August 21, 1995 while on a flight from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Black Pearl, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: South Carrollton Avenue and St. Charles Avenue to the north, Lowerline, Perrier and Broadway Streets to the east, and the Mississippi River to the west.

Carrollton Township, Boone County, Arkansas

Between 1920 and 1980, the population of Boone County's Carrollton Township included the total population of the town of Alpena, even though Alpena is in both Boone County and in parts of two townships in Carroll County.

Carrollton, Illinois

John Hyde (1865-1912), American Presbyterian Missionary to India; known as "Praying Hyde"

Carrollton, Kentucky bus collision

At trial, he was represented by the Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer, William L. Summers.

Carrollton, Virginia

Carrollton is located near the southern end of the James River Bridge, across from Newport News, VA.

The Route 17 James River Bridge carries in excess of 30,000 vehicles per day through Carrollton.

Dixon, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Interstate 10 to the northeast, South Carrollton Avenue to the southeast, Palmetto Street to the southwest and Cherry, Dixon, Mistletoe, Peach, Hamilton, Quince and Last Streets to the northwest.

East Carrollton, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Spruce Street to the northeast, Lowerline Street to the southeast, St. Charles Avenue to the southwest and South Carrollton Avenue to the northwest.

Freret, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue to the north, Napoleon Avenue to the east, LaSalle Street to the south and Jefferson Avenue to the west.

Leonidas, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue, Leonidas and Fig Streets to the north, South Carrollton Avenue to the east, the Mississippi River and Jefferson Parish to the west.

New Carrollton, Maryland

Carrollton was named after early Maryland settler Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Oregon Iron Works Sea Scout

The Oregon Iron Works Sea Scout is an unmanned seaplane developed by Oregon Iron Works in Clackamas, Oregon and Geneva Aerospace of Carrollton, Texas for the United States Navy.

Pickens County, Alabama

The first courthouse in Carrollton was burned on April 5, 1865, by troops of Union General John T. Croxton.

PJ's Coffee

PJ's was founded with a single shop in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans in September 1978 by Phyllis Jordan (thus the initials "PJ").

Preston Claiborne

Claiborne attended Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas, where he played for the school's baseball team.

Raphael Pumpelly

After graduating, Pumpelly moved to Tioga Point, now Athens, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where he was soon appointed a Justice of the Peace, and became land agent for the Hon. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland.

Samuel B. Moore

Moore died in 1846 and is interred at the city cemetery in Carrollton in Pickens County.

Shama Kabani

When she was 9 years old, she and her family immigrated to the United States, settling in Carrollton, Texas.

Sliver By The River

It includes parts or all of the Bywater, Faubourg Marigny, French Quarter, Warehouse District, Garden District, Uptown and Carrollton areas of New Orleans.

Uptown, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: LaSalle Street to the north, Napoleon Avenue to the east, Magazine Street to the south and Jefferson Avenue to the west.

WBTR

WBTR-FM, a radio station (92.1 FM) licensed to Carrollton, Georgia, United States

West Riverside, New Orleans

A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Magazine Street to the north, Napoleon Avenue to the east, the Mississippi River to the south and Exposition, Tchoupitoulas and Webster Streets to the west.

Western Illinois Valley Conference

A total of 14 school are members: Ashland (A-C Central), Bluffs, Carrollton, Concord (Triopia), Greenfield, Hardin (Calhoun), Jacksonville (Illinois School for the Deaf), Jacksonville (Routt), Mt. Sterling (Brown County), Pleasant Hill, Virginia, White Hall (North Greene) and Winchester.

William G. Roll

William G. Roll (July 3, 1926 – January 9, 2012) was a noted psychologist and parapsychologist on the faculty of the Psychology Department of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, in the United States.

WSGW

WSGW-FM, a radio station (100.5 FM) licensed to Carrollton, Michigan, United States


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