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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Carbon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Carbon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Carbon, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Carbon (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Carbon. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Carbon is historic, it would have been located within present day Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Kansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Atchison, Brown, Jefferson, Nemaha, Pottawatomie & Shawnee.
Below are the counties that are near Carbon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carbon:
- Jackson County (The home county of Carbon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Larkinburg
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Larkinburg is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larkinburg
- Denison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Holton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Netawaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Mayetta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Circleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Hoyt
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Soldier
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Avoca ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Avoca is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
- Delia
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Delia is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delia
- Population from the 2020 Census: 176 people
- Atchison County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Arrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Muscotah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Effingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Monrovia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Farmington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Farmington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmington
- Lancaster
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lancaster is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
- Population from the 2020 Census: 282 people
- Huron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Huron is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
- Cummings
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Cummings is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cummings
- Goodintent ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Goodintent is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodintent
- Potter
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Potter is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potter
- Atchison
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Port Williams
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Port Williams is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Williams
- Port Williams has also been known as:
- Williamsport
- Brown County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Horton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Mercier
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Mercier is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercier
- Everest
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Willis
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Willis is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 36 people
- Baker ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Baker is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Powhattan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Powhattan is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powhattan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Fairview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Robinson
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Robinson is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinson
- Population from the 2020 Census: 223 people
- Hiawatha
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Sun Springs
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Sun Springs is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Springs
- Hamlin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Hamlin is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
- Hamlin has also been known as:
- Hamilton
- Padonia
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Padonia is located in Brown County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Padonia
- Doniphan County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Purcell
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Purcell is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purcell
- Denton
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Leona
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Leona is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leona
- Population from the 2020 Census: 50 people
- Severance
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Severance is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Severance
- Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
- Bendena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bendena is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bendena
- Doniphan
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Doniphan is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doniphan
- Petersburgh ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Petersburgh is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburgh
- Brenner
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brenner is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenner
- Moray
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Moray is located in Doniphan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moray
- Douglas County
- Grover
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Grover is located in Douglas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grover
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Half Mound
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Half Mound is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Half Mound
- Valley Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <2>
- Nortonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Boyle
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Boyle is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyle
- Rock Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Rock Creek is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Dunavant
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Dunavant is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunavant
- Lake Shore
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Lake Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Shore
- Ozawkie
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Indian Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Indian Ridge is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Ridge
- Meriden
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- West Shore
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- West Shore is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Shore
- Winchester
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Hilldale South
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Hilldale South is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilldale South
- Leavenworth County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Easton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Easton is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 256 people
- Former name for Easton:
- Eastin
- Lowemont
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lowemont is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowemont
- Springdale
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Springdale is located in Leavenworth County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springdale
- Nemaha County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Wetmore
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Granada
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Granada is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granada
- Granada has also been known as:
- Pleasant Point
- Pleasant Spring
- Goff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Goff is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
- Capioma
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Capioma is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capioma
- America City
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- America City is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for America City
- Woodlawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodlawn is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
- Corning
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Kelly is located in Nemaha County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelly
- Pottawatomie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Havensville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Clere
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Saint Clere is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clere
- Emmett
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Aikins
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Aikins is located in Pottawatomie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aikins
- Onaga
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Shawnee County
- The following are listed by their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Kiro
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Kiro is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiro
- North Topeka
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- North Topeka is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Topeka
- Oakland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Oakland is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Spencer is located in Shawnee County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Tecumseh
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Silver Lake
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Topeka
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Rossville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan County (MO)
- Lewis and Clark Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Lewis and Clark Village is located in Buchanan County (MO)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis and Clark Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 127 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carbon, see our County-by-County Page for Carbon.
Cemeteries Near Carbon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carbon.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Carbon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carbon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Larkinburg Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Miller Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Estes Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Denison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- South Denison Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Earnst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Bruck Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Wills Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Muscotah Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Graggs Chapel Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Coal Creek Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Spring Hill Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Holton Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Cedar Grove Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- South Cedar Cemetery
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Carbon in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carbon.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Carbon, with the one closest to Carbon listed first.
- Arrington
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Arrington is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arrington
- Arrington has also been known as:
- Arrington Mineral Springs
- Arrington Springs
- Birmingham
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Birmingham is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Denison
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Muscotah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Muscotah is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscotah
- Population from the 2020 Census: 165 people
- Whiting
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Whiting is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiting
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Holton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Netawaka
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Netawaka is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Netawaka
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Mayetta
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Valley Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Valley Falls is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Falls
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
- Valley Falls has also been known as:
- Sautrelle
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valley Falls <2>
- Effingham
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Kennekuk
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kennekuk is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennekuk
- Monrovia
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Monrovia is located in Atchison County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monrovia
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Horton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Circleville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Nortonville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carbon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carbon.
Newspapers Published in Carbon ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 293 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carbon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carbon, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carbon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Carbon:
- Websites specific to Kansas
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Atchison County
- Brown County
- Doniphan County
- Douglas County
- Jefferson County
- Leavenworth County
- Nemaha County
- Pottawatomie County
- Shawnee County
- Buchanan County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Kansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carbon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carbon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |