Careysburg is a city in Montserrado County, Liberia. It was founded in 1856, and is named in honor of Rev. Lott Carey, the first American Baptist missionary to African and a key figure in the founding of the Colony of Liberia. It is located 15 miles northeast of Monrovia. It was chartered as a city corporation in 1923, by an act of the Liberian legislature. Rubber and coffee farming are the major economic activities in the area. It was also the site of a large Voice of America transmitter.