Carbondale, Michigan

Carbondale is an unincorporated community in Menominee County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.[1]

History

A post office was established at Carbondale in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1904.[2][3] The community was so named from the presence of a factory manufacturing charcoal, a carbon-based fuel.[4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale, Michigan
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale Post Office (historical)
  3. ↑ "Menominee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ↑ 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.

Coordinates: 45°16′42″N 87°36′57″W / 45.27833°N 87.61583°W