 The city's major employers presently include companies in the airline, construction, power distribution, poultry, software, home entertainment, and healthcare industries, among others.Carrollton also remains an important market town, with a wide variety of national retail chains and restaurants, serving Carroll County and the surrounding region.Carrollton was mentioned in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel "Gone with the Wind" and in the 1939 movie of the same name.