Welcome to Charbonneau ...

Charbonneau is located in McKenzie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Charbonneau, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

Charbonneau is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Charbonneau (for example, toward Fairview (MT)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Code for Charbonneau: 701

Communities Also Named Charbonneau ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Charbonneau - it's located in Oregon.

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

Communities near Charbonneau ...

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

• Fairview
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairview have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
  • Fairview is located in Richland County (MT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairview <4>
• Alexander
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alexander
  • Alexander is located in McKenzie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alexander <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Alexander
  • From Charbonneau to Alexander
• Arnegard
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arnegard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnegard
  • Arnegard is located in McKenzie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnegard <4>
• Rawson
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rawson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rawson
  • Rawson is located in McKenzie County
• Cartwright
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
  • Cartwright is located in McKenzie County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cartwright <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Cartwright
  • From Charbonneau to Cartwright
• Harding
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Harding. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harding
  • Harding is located in McKenzie County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Harding
  • From Charbonneau to Harding
• Dore
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dore
  • Dore is located in McKenzie County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Dore
  • From Charbonneau to Dore
• Trenton
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
  • Trenton is located in Williams County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Trenton
  • From Charbonneau to Trenton
• Sidney
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
  • Sidney is located in Richland County (MT)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sidney <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sidney
  • From Charbonneau to Sidney
• Williston
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston
  • Williston is located in Williams County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,749 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williston <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Williston
  • From Charbonneau to Williston

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Charbonneau ...

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

Adding Charbonneau to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Charbonneau post office opened in 1914.

We also found Charbonneau in the book titled North American Railroad Atlas - Mountain Plains.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Charbonneau.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of North Dakota: https://www.nd.gov/