Carbon
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city in Adams County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Adams
- Township
- Douglas
- Incorporated
- July 18, 1903
- Total
- 0.75 sq mi (1.94 km )
- Land
- 0.75 sq mi (1.94 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,119 ft (341 m)
- Density
- 48.0/sq mi (18.53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-10585
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Encyclopedic overview
Carbon is a city in Douglas Township, Adams County, Iowa, United States. The population was 36 at the 2020 census.
Other places in Iowa have been named Carbon: there was a Carbon Post Office in Davis County, six miles south of Ottumwa, that operated for less than a year in 1881. There was also a Carbon Post Office in Webster County, three miles south-east of Fort Dodge, that operated from 1870 to 1872. A post office on the latter location was known as Gypsum from 1902 to 1905.
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