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Welcome to Carbon Junction ...

Carbon Junction is located in La Plata County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Carbon Junction: Carbon Jct. (or less commonly used: Carbon Jctn.)

Carbon Junction is 6,410 feet [1,954 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Carbon Junction is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Carbon Junction lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Carbon Junction: 970 & 748<3>

Communities Also Named Carbon Junction ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Carbon Junction - it's located in Iowa.

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

Communities near Carbon Junction ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carbon Junction ...

Looking for more information about Carbon Junction? 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 Carbon Junction, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Carbon Junction.

Adding Carbon Junction to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carbon Junction 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 Carbon Junction was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Colorado & Utah.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbon Junction.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including La Plata, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carbon Junction - 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 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Carbon Junction area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Carbon Junction 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>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.