Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Carbon came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Carbon in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Carbon. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Carbon data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Carbon:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Carbon is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Carbon in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Carbon for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Carbon. See our Misc Page for Carbon for more information.