Carbondale | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Carbondale |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Edmonton Metropolitan Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | 11 |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipal district |
Subdivision Name4: | Sturgeon County |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Sturgeon County Council |
Established Title: | Established |
Area Footnotes: | (2021) |
Area Land Km2: | 1.12 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Total: | 78 |
Population Density Km2: | 70 |
Timezone: | MST |
Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
Timezone Dst: | MDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
Coordinates: | 53.7464°N -113.5269°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code: | 780, 587, 825 |
Blank Name: | Highways |
Blank1 Name: | Waterways |
Carbondale is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Sturgeon County. It is located west of Highway 28, approximately north of Edmonton's city limits.
Carbondale was so named on account of coal mines near the original town site; coal is a carbon-based fuel.[1]
Carbondale is the original site of Carbondale Rail Station (1913-1959).[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carbondale had a population of 78 living in 37 of its 40 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 75. With a land area of, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
As a designated place in the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Carbondale had a population of 75 living in 32 of its 38 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2011 population of 86. With a land area of 1.12km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
5. https://www.stalberttoday.ca/local-news/carbondale-resident-uncovers-historic-tragedy-in-backyard-1852026