Welcome to Carbon ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1859.

Time Zone: Carbon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Carbon is within the (660) area code.

Communities Also Named Carbon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Carbon - they are located in Alberta, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (5), Texas (2), West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carbon.

Adding Carbon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carbon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Carbon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Carbon post office opened in 1859.

We also found Carbon in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carbon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Macon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/