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Communities Also Named Carbon ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Carbon.

Within Alberta, the name Carbon is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • This community is historic<1> and although located in Shasta County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Shasta County community of Carbon.
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • This Carbon is located in Saint Clair County and lies 1,429 miles [2,299.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Clair County community of Carbon.
    • Indiana
      • Clay County
      • This Carbon is located in Clay County and lies 1,490 miles [2,397.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Carbon.
    • Iowa
      • Adams County
      • This Carbon is located in Adams County and lies 1,127 miles [1,813.7 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Adams County community of Carbon.
      • Davis County
      • This Carbon is located in Davis County and lies 1,224 miles [1,969.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Carbon.
    • Kansas
      • Crawford County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carbon [Crawford County].
      • Jackson County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carbon [Jackson County].
    • Missouri
      • Macon County
      • Although located in Macon County, we don't know the location within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Macon County community of Carbon.
    • Oklahoma
      • Pittsburg County
      • This Carbon is located in Pittsburg County and lies 1,435 miles [2,309.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pittsburg County community of Carbon.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This Carbon is located in Bradford County and lies 1,837 miles [2,956.4 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Carbon.
      • Carbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Carbon [Carbon County].
      • Lawrence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Carbon [Lawrence County].
      • Mercer County
      • This Carbon is located in Mercer County and lies 1,698 miles [2,732.7 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mercer County community of Carbon.
      • Westmoreland County
      • This Carbon is located in Westmoreland County and lies 1,769 miles [2,846.9 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Westmoreland County community of Carbon.
    • Texas
      • Eastland County
      • This Carbon is located in Eastland County and lies 1,511 miles [2,431.7 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Eastland County community of Carbon.
      • Webb County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Carbon [Webb County].
    • West Virginia
      • Kanawha County
      • This Carbon is located in Kanawha County and lies 1,792 miles [2,883.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kanawha County community of Carbon.
    • Wyoming
      • Carbon County
      • This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Carbon [Carbon County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Carbon ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Acme
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acme
  • Aerial
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Aerial. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aerial
  • Drumheller
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Gayford
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gayford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gayford
  • Rockyford
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockyford came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockyford
  • Rosebud
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosebud came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosebud <5>
  • Sunnyslope
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Three Hills
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Hills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Hills
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Three Hills <5>
  • Twining
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Twining. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twining

How Far From Carbon to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a village such as Carbon to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Carbon and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 143 miles [230.1 km]<2> to the north (N). If you could drive a straight line from Carbon to Edmonton, with an average speed<7>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 9 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,744 miles [2,806.7 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 99 days.
  • The shortest distance<8> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,367 miles [10,246.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,135 miles [11,482.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<10>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,203 miles [8,373.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<11>

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 Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Carbon) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carbon. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 51.4847, Longitude: -113.1471    
<3>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Carbon could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<7>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<8>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Carbon to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 333.513 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 334.232 degrees.
<11>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.282 degrees.




 

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