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Mount Carbon, West Virginia

Mount Carbon, West Virginia

Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States

Mount Carbon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Carbon is located along West Virginia Route 61, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Montgomery, on the south bank of the Kanawha River at the mouth of Armstrong Creek.[4] Mount Carbon has a post office with ZIP code 25139.[5] As of the 2010 census, its population was 428.[2]

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Namesake

Mount Carbon was named for nearby coal deposits, a carbon-based fuel.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Carbon, West Virginia
  4. [4]
    The National Map, accessed 2013-11-26
  5. [5]
    ZIP Code Lookup
  6. [6]
    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. 431.


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