Welcome to Carbonera ...

Carbonera is located in Garfield County<1>.

The location of Carbonera has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbonera, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1950.

Carbonera is 5,510 feet [1,679 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Carbonera is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Carbonera is within the (970) area code.

Communities near Carbonera ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Carbonera.

• Atchee ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atchee
  • Atchee is located in Garfield County
• Mack
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
  • Mack is located in Mesa County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mack <4>
• Loma
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Loma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loma
  • Loma is located in Mesa County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loma <4>
• Dragon ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dragon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dragon
  • Dragon is located in Uintah County (UT)
  • Former name for Dragon:
  • Dragon Junction
• Fruita
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fruita have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruita
  • Fruita is located in Mesa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,295 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fruita <4>
• Westwater ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westwater have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwater
  • Westwater is located in Grand County (UT)
• Rainbow ‑ Historic
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainbow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainbow
  • Rainbow is located in Uintah County (UT)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carbonera ...

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

Adding Carbonera to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carbonera 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 Carbonera was on a map titled Road Map for Utah (from Shell Oil, 1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbonera.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Garfield County: www.garfield-county.com/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/