Baldwyn is an outgrowth of the village of Carrollville: when the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was being built during the years of 1848 to 1861, it missed Carrollville by one and one-half miles and the citizens moved to the new town of Baldwyn, which was named for the civil engineer who surveyed the road through the town. Tishomingo, chief of the Chickasaw nation, lived at Carrollville but died near Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1839 of smallpox while being moved west with his tribe.
baldwyn is an outgrowth of the village of carrollville when the mobile and ohio railroad was being built during the years of 1848 to 1861 it missed carrollville by one and one-half miles and the citizens moved to the new town of baldwyn which was named for the civil engineer who surveyed the road through the town tishomingo chief of the chickasaw nation lived at carrollville but died near little rock arkansas in 1839 of smallpox while being moved west with his tribe