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Welcome to Carbona ...

Carbona is located in San Joaquin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1926.

Carbona is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Carbona lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Carbona: 209 & 350<3>

Communities near Carbona ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carbona.

  • Stockton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Stockton is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stockton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 312,716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stockton <4>
  • Tracy
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Tracy is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95,025 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tracy <4>
  • Livermore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Manteca
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Manteca is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manteca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 84,445 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manteca <4>
  • Lathrop
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Lathrop is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,373 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lathrop <4>
  • Ripon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Ripon is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,774 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripon <4>
  • Banta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Carnegie ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Carnegie is located in San Joaquin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carnegie
  • Vernalis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Tesla ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Tesla is located in Alameda County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tesla

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carbona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carbona.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carbona. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carbona.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carbona. See our Newspapers Page for Carbona.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carbona ...

Looking for more information about Carbona? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Carbona, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Carbona.

Adding Carbona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carbona in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Carbona was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Carbona post office opened in 1926. The Carbona post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbona.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including San Joaquin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carbona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 209 code has been Overlayed with the 350 area code. New phone numbers in the Carbona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 209 or 350. As a result, placing a call in the Carbona area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/