In 1965, the hospital opened and was known as Wilson Hospital until 1974 when it became known as Carroll County General Hospital. The Carroll County Library is now located in what was the original hospital building. In 1985, it was bought by Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation and the name was changed to Baptist Memorial Hospital – Huntingdon. In 2018, the name was changed to Baptist Memorial Hospital – Carroll County, due to the closing of the Mckenzie Regional Hospital and Baptist Memorial acquiring assets if Mckenzie Regional. The hospital was moved to its’ current location on Wilson Drive in 1988.
The health care services that are provided to the area have grown significantly in this time span. Services now include catscans, MRI’S, occupational therapists, speech therapists, mammograms, telemed services, and Baptist now has a Hospitalist on staff.
This presentation was given to the Huntingdon TN Historical Society on March 20, 2024 by Kathy Whitehead, who had gone to work at Carroll County General Hospital in 1973 and eventually became a supervisor.
Early medical practitioners in Carroll County included Dr. Samuel Young “SY” Bigham, who was born in Kentucky, but moved to McLemoresville, Tennessee. He was born in 1800 and died in 1887.
Above, Dr. Samuel Bigham.
The History of Carroll County, Tennessee 