Carbonado
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town in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Pierce
- Mayor
- Kevin Vesey
- Total
- 0.42 sq mi (1.08 km )
- Land
- 0.42 sq mi (1.08 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 1,184 ft (361 m)
- Density
- 1,765.4/sq mi (681.61/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Fips code
- 53-09970
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Carbonado
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pierce County
- Population
- 734
- Area
- 1.080749
- Elevation
- 1191
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Official website
- www.carbonado.org
- Image
- Welcome sign in Carbonado, Washington.jpg
- Households
- 238
- Dialing code
- 360
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- postal code
- 98323
- Commons category
- Carbonado, Washington
- water as percent of area
- 0.2355
- per capita income
- 37829
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Encyclopedic overview
Carbonado (/kɑːrbəˈneɪdoʊ/) is a town in Pierce County, Washington, United States. It is located near the Carbon River in the north of the county, approximately 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Seattle. Carbonado is the last town before entering Mount Rainier National Park Carbon River Entrance. The town also served as an important coal mining community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when the town operated the largest coal mine in Pierce County. The population was 734 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carbonado” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.