Welcome to Carbon County ...
Time Zone: Carbon County lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.
The community of Rawlins is the Seat for Carbon County.
Carbon County is one of the original counties of Wyoming and was founded in 1868.
From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Carbon had a population of 14,800 people. This is a decrease of 6.61% since the last Census (which gave a population of 15,848 people in 2010).
At the time of the 2010 Census, Carbon represented 2.81% of the total population of Wyoming.
Below are some of the communities located in Carbon County:
- Baggs
(60 miles [96.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dixon
(56 miles [90.1 km] to the southwest)
- Elk Mountain
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Encampment
(34 miles [54.7 km] to the south)
- Hanna
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Medicine Bow
(38 miles [61.2 km] to the east)
- Rawlins
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Riverside
(33 miles [53.1 km] to the south)
- Saratoga
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Sinclair
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
Websites of Interest ...
- Websites specific to Wyoming
- Websites specific to Carbon County
- Websites for nearby counties
- Sweetwater County
- Fremont County
- Natrona County
- Converse County
- Albany County
- Jackson County
- Routt County
- Moffat County
- Cemetery Information and Directories
Footnotes ...
<1> | On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census. |
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