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Welcome to Carbondale ...

Carbondale is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbondale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Carbondale is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Carbondale lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Carbondale (for example, toward Alvin (IL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Carbondale: 765

Communities Also Named Carbondale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Carbondale - they are located in Alberta, California (2), Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, 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.

  • Hoopeston
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Hoopeston is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoopeston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,940 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoopeston <3>
  • Attica
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Covington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fowler
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Veedersburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Williamsport
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Otterbein
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rossville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rossville is located in Vermilion County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rossville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,202 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rossville <3>
  • Oxford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Boswell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carbondale ...

Looking for more information about Carbondale? 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 Carbondale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor 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 (so far) for Carbondale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Carbondale post office opened in 1873. The Carbondale post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbondale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Warren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carbondale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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