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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Carbondale, Michigan

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

History

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

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale, Michigan
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale, Michigan
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale Post Office (historical)
  4. ^ "Menominee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ 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.