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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 Carbon County<2>. The location of Carbon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbon, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Carbon is 6,830 feet [2,082 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Carbon is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Carbon was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time If Carbon still existed, it would have been in the (307) area code. Communities Also Named Carbon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Carbon - they are located in Alberta, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (5), Texas (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carbon. Communities near Carbon ...We have created a list of 8 communities that are near Carbon.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling 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 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 book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Carbon on a map titled Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924). For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbon. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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