Official Name: | Mount Carbon, West Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place (CDP) |
Nickname: | Adena |
Pushpin Map: | West Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Mount Carbon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fayette |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.241 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.149 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.092 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 428 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 643 |
Coordinates: | 38.1378°N -81.2856°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 25139 |
Area Code: | 304 & 681 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1555166 |
Mount Carbon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Carbon is located along West Virginia Route 61, 3miles southeast of Montgomery, on the south bank of the Kanawha River at the mouth of Armstrong Creek.[3] Mount Carbon has a post office with ZIP code 25139.[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 428.
Mount Carbon was named for nearby coal deposits, a carbon-based fuel.[5]