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>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Carbon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1869.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Carbon is 6,830 feet [2,082 m] above sea level.<3> 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
The Area Code where Carbon was located: 307
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 9 communities that are near Carbon.
- Hanna
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanna
- Hanna is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 757 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hanna <4>
- Medicine Bow
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medicine Bow
- Medicine Bow is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medicine Bow <4>
- Elk Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mountain
- Elk Mountain is located in Carbon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk Mountain <4>
- Elmo
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmo
- Elmo is located in Carbon County
- Milo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Rock River
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock River
- Rock River is located in Albany County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 259 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rock River <4>
- Walcott
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walcott
- Walcott is located in Carbon County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walcott <4>
- Rock Creek ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Creek
- Rock Creek is located in Albany County
- Fort Steele ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Steele
- Fort Steele is located in Carbon County
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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Carbon post office opened in 1869.
We also found Carbon in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Carbon.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Wyoming: https://www.wyo.gov/
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 Wyoming's counties, including Carbon, 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |