As you continue driving down Highway 18, Carter will resemble a typical small town that didn’t make the continued growth that others did. Platted in 1909 and named for Jervis Carter, registrar of the U.S. Land Office. Speculation of the railroad coming through made Carter and brought the growth but when the railroad missed the town it caused its death as well. The town is still home to the Carter Fellowship Church, the original Carter School House, and a few loyal residents.