Welcome to Carbondale ...

So far, we found very little information about Carbondale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Carbondale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carbondale, please Contact Us.

Carbondale would have been located within present day Amador County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of Carbondale, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbondale, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1922.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Carbondale is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Carbondale was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Carbondale would have been located in the (209) area code.

Communities Also Named Carbondale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two California communities named Carbondale: This one is located in Amador County and the other is located in Orange County.

Beyond California, there are 17 communities that are also named Carbondale - they are located in Alberta, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Carbondale ...

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

• Elk Grove
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Grove
  • Elk Grove is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 166,913 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Grove <5>
• Folsom
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Folsom
  • Folsom is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 82,726 people
  • Folsom has also been known as:
  • Folsom City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Folsom <5>
• Rancho Cordova
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Cordova
  • Rancho Cordova is located in Sacramento County
  • Estimated population in 2015: 71,017 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rancho Cordova <5>
• Galt
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
  • Galt is located in Sacramento County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,551 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <5>
• Ione
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ione
  • Ione is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,326 people
  • Former names for Ione:
  • Bedbug
  • Freeze Out
  • Hardscrabble
  • Ione City
  • Ione Valley
  • Jone City
  • Jone Valley
  • Rickeyville
  • Woosterville
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ione <5>
• Jackson
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
  • Jackson is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,973 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <5>
• Sutter Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutter Creek
  • Sutter Creek is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutter Creek <5>
• Plymouth
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plymouth
  • Plymouth is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,043 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plymouth <5>
• Amador City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amador City
  • Amador City is located in Amador County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 199 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amador City <5>
• Rancho Murieta
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Murieta
  • Rancho Murieta is located in Sacramento County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rancho Murieta <5>

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 Carbondale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carbondale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carbondale. 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 Carbondale.

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

Adding Carbondale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carbondale 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 for Carbondale was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Carbondale in the book titled .<6> From that list, the Carbondale post office opened in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbondale.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Amador County: www.co.amador.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/