Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania facts for kids
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Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania
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St. Francis De Sales Church on Main St.
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Location of Mount Carbon in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
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 Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania
Location in Pennsylvania
Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Schuylkill |
| Settled | 1828 |
| Incorporated | 1864 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| • Land | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population
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| • Total | 91 |
| • Density | 1,318.84/sq mi (509.20/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code |
17901
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| Area code(s) | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-51488 |
Mount Carbon is a small town, called a borough, located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It's about two miles south of a bigger town called Pottsville. Mount Carbon became its own borough in 1864. In 2020, only 88 people lived there, making it the smallest town in Schuylkill County.
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What Was the Old Mount Carbon Brewery?
For many years, Mount Carbon was home to the Mount Carbon Brewery. A brewery is a place where beer is made. This brewery closed down in the late 1970s. Another company, D.G. Yuengling & Son, bought the right to use the Mount Carbon name for a short time. After the brewery closed, a 7up bottling company used the building to store and ship drinks.
How Do People Get Around in Mount Carbon?
Mount Carbon has always been an important place for travel. It was the end point for the first Philadelphia and Reading Railway line, which opened in 1842. This made it a very busy spot along the Schuylkill Canal. There was even a hotel where important people were said to have stayed during their journeys.
Today, the main streets in Mount Carbon are South Centre Street, Main Street, Sherwood Drive, and the Mt. Carbon Arch. Pennsylvania Route 61 runs nearby, and you can get to Mount Carbon by crossing a bridge over the Schuylkill River. The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad still uses the old train tracks that once belonged to the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
Where is Mount Carbon Located?
Mount Carbon is located at coordinates 40.672364 degrees north and 76.187494 degrees west.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough covers a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.2 square kilometers). All of this area is land, with no water.
Who Lives in Mount Carbon?
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1870 | 364 | — | |
| 1880 | 327 | −10.2% | |
| 1890 | 333 | 1.8% | |
| 1900 | 252 | −24.3% | |
| 1910 | 335 | 32.9% | |
| 1920 | 331 | −1.2% | |
| 1930 | 311 | −6.0% | |
| 1940 | 335 | 7.7% | |
| 1950 | 302 | −9.9% | |
| 1960 | 308 | 2.0% | |
| 1970 | 184 | −40.3% | |
| 1980 | 157 | −14.7% | |
| 1990 | 132 | −15.9% | |
| 2000 | 87 | −34.1% | |
| 2010 | 91 | 4.6% | |
| 2020 | 88 | −3.3% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 88 | −3.3% | |
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In the year 2000, there were 87 people living in Mount Carbon. These people lived in 39 different homes, and 23 of those homes were families. The population was spread out, with people of all ages living there. The average age was 40 years old.
Most of the people living in Mount Carbon were White. The median income for a household was $34,688, which means half of the households earned more than this amount and half earned less.
What is Mount Carbon's Early History?
Mount Carbon has a long history. Some of the first people to live here were Lewis Murphy and Joseph Porter. In 1817, the very first dam for the Schuylkill Canal was built here on the Schuylkill River. The entire canal was working by 1824. Canals are human-made waterways used for boats and shipping.
By 1818, a man named Necho Allen lived in Mount Carbon. He worked with lumber and built a saw-mill. Even though coal became the main thing shipped on the canal, the company also moved lumber and other goods. By 1828, the village had six homes, a store, an office, and a large stone warehouse. This warehouse was used to store farm products brought from nearby areas to be sent to Philadelphia.
In 1829, John White, who was the president of the Mt. Carbon Railroad, started building the Mansion House. Also in 1829, the Norwegian and Mount Carbon Railroad was created. By April 1831, coal from the rich coalfields north of Pottsville was being sent through Mount Carbon to Philadelphia.
In 1842, the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company made Mount Carbon the end of its railroad line from Philadelphia. This railroad competed directly with the Schuylkill Canal. Later, in 1870, the railroad company took over the canal company.
In 1849, a geologist named Isaac Lea made an interesting discovery in Mount Carbon. He found fossilized footprints in red sandstone. He believed these tracks were from a reptile and were very old, from the Devonian Period (about 360 to 408 million years ago). He named the new species Sauropus primaevus. Later, scientists realized the footprints were actually from an amphibian, now called Palaeosauropus primaevus, and were from the Mississippian Age, over 330 million years ago.
Images for kids
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Main St. in Mount Carbon.
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Residence on Main St.
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GoodFella's Cafe on Mt. Carbon Arch St.
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Mount Carbon Fire Station.
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Historic Firefighter truck.
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Painting of Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania by John Rowson Smith engraved by his father John Rubens Smith.
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Mount Carbon, PA, 1800s (undated).
See also
In Spanish: Mount Carbon (Pensilvania) para niños
