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Welcome to Carbon ...

The city of Carbon is located in Davis County<1>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Carbon (Patience, this may take a moment).

We aren't confident of the location of Carbon, so consider the above location to be an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Carbon is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Carbon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Carbon: 641

Communities Also Named Carbon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Carbon: This one is located in Davis County and the other is located in Adams County.

Beyond Iowa, there are 18 communities that are also named Carbon - they are located in Alberta, California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (5), Texas (2), West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Carbon ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carbon ...

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

Adding Carbon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carbon 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 was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Carbon post office opened in 1881.

We also found Carbon in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbon.

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

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Davis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carbon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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