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Carbondale, West Virginia

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Coordinates: 38°11′10″N 81°17′57″W / 38.18611°N 81.29917°W / 38.18611; -81.29917
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Carbondale, West Virginia
Unincorporated community
Carbondale is located in West Virginia
Carbondale
Carbondale
Carbondale is located in the United States
Carbondale
Carbondale
Coordinates: 38°11′10″N 81°17′57″W / 38.18611°N 81.29917°W / 38.18611; -81.29917
CountryUnited States
StateWest Virginia
CountyFayette
Elevation
640 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS ID1537034[1]

Carbondale is an unincorporated community and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia.

The community most likely was named for the production of coal, a carbon-based fuel.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carbondale, West Virginia
  2. ^ 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.


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