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Welcome to Carbon ...

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.

Carbon would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Carbon is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Carbon was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Carbon was located: 785

Communities Also Named Carbon ...

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

Beyond Kansas, there are 18 communities that are also named Carbon - they are located in Alberta, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (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.

  • Holton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Horton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • 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 <4>
  • Meriden
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Hoyt
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Hoyt is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 629 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoyt <4>
  • Ozawkie
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Nortonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Effingham
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wetmore
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mayetta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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.

Adding Carbon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carbon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Carbon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Carbon post office opened in 1874. The Carbon post office closed in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbon.

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>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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>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/