Carbondale, Indiana

Carbondale
—  Unincorporated town  —
Warren County's location in Indiana
Carbondale Location in Warren County
Coordinates: 40°21′36″N 87°20′51″W / 40.36°N 87.3475°W / 40.36; -87.3475Coordinates: 40°21′36″N 87°20′51″W / 40.36°N 87.3475°W / 40.36; -87.3475
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Warren
Township	Liberty
Elevation[1]	689 ft (210 m)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
– Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	47993
Area code(s)	765
GNIS feature ID	0432124[1]

Carbondale is an unincorporated community in Liberty Township, Warren County, Indiana, United States.

History

This place had a post office and was known as Clark's Cross Roads at least as early as 1846; later it was called Free Hall. The discovery of coal in the town's vicinity led to the current name being applied in 1873.^[2][3] The first house was built here in 1854 by John Thompson; another was built the next year by Andrew Brier, and a church was constructed in 1867.^[4]

Geography

Carbondale is located just east of the intersection of U.S. Route 41 and Indiana State Road 63, about 6 miles north-northwest of the county seat of Williamsport. The scenic Big Pine Creek flows about a mile and a half east of town.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "USGS detail on Carbondale". http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:432124. Retrieved 2007-09-28. 
2. ^ A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition). Warren County Historical Society. 2002. p. 42. 
3. ^ Baker, Ronald L.; Carmony, Marvin (1975). Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 24. 
4. ^ Clifton, Thomas, ed (1913). Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. p. 325. http://www.archive.org/stream/pastpresentoffou01clif#page/594/mode/2up. 

The Nelson Burr home near Carbondale, built in 1857