Carbondale, Michigan

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Carbondale, Michigan
Unincorporated community
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Carbondale
Location within the state of Michigan
Coordinates: 45°16′42″N87°36′57″W / 45.27833°N 87.61583°W / 45.27833; -87.61583
Country United States
State Michigan
County Menominee
Township Menominee
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code(s)
49893
Area code 906
GNIS feature ID1617474 [1]

Carbondale is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. [2]

History

A post office was established at Carbondale in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904. [3] [4] The community was so named from the presence of a factory manufacturing charcoal, a carbon-based fuel. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale, Michigan
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale, Michigan
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale Post Office (historical)
  4. ↑ "Menominee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  5. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 51.


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