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

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

Municipalities and communities of Menominee County, Michigan, United States

County seat: Menominee

Cities	Menominee Stephenson

Villages	Carney Daggett Powers

Townships	Cedarville Daggett Faithorn Gourley Harris Holmes Ingallston Lake Mellen Menominee Meyer Nadeau Spalding Stephenson

Unincorporated communities	Banat Birch Creek Carbondale Faithorn Faunus Helps Hermansville Indiantown Ingalls Kew Koss Nadeau Spalding Talbot Whitney Wilson

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.