Carbon, West Virginia

Carbon, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 38°01′10″N 81°24′22″W
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Kanawha
Elevation	1,220 ft (370 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	25037
Area code(s)	304 & 681
GNIS feature ID	1554070[1]

Carbon is an unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along Cabin Creek.[2] Carbon is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) northeast of Whitesville.

The community took its name from the Carbon Fuel Company.[3]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. The National Map Archived March 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, accessed 19 October 2016.
3. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 155.