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Carbon County

county in Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Summary

Carbon County is a county of Pennsylvania[1]. It draws 728 Wikipedia views per month (county of pennsylvania category, ranking #28 of 67).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Pennsylvania[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Jim Thorpe[5]
  • Shares border with: Luzerne County[6], Monroe County[7], Northampton County[8], Lehigh County[9], Schuylkill County[10]
  • Named after: coal[11]
  • Commons category: Carbon County, Pennsylvania[12]
  • Inception: March 13, 1843[13]
  • Coordinate location: 40.92, -75.7[14]
  • Official website: http://carboncounty.com[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Carbon County, Pennsylvania[16]
  • Population: 65,249[17], 65,218[18], 65,146[19], 65,016[20], 64,786[21], 63,960[22], 64,749[23]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Carbon County, Pennsylvania[24]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Carbon County, Pennsylvania[25]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Carbon County, Pennsylvania[26]
  • Number of households: 26,545[27]
  • Native label: Carbon County[28]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109944[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People of Carbon County, Pennsylvania[30]
  • Different from: Carbon County[31]
  • Area: 1003[32]
  • Water as percent of area: 2[33]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Carbon County, Pennsylvania[34]
  • Per capita income: 30,552[35]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Carbon County, Pennsylvania.tab[36]

Why It Matters

Carbon County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Pennsylvania United States

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1843-03-13T00:00:00Z
    Named after → —
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    Obo gazetteer id → 22225341
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