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6 unusual facts about Carbon County


Carbon County, Utah

At the state level it was no less Democratic; in the 1992 gubernatorial election it was one of two counties (the other being Summit County) that voted for Democratic candidate Stewart Hanson over Republican Michael Leavitt.

Colorado River cutthroat trout

Colorado River cutthroats are thought to have occupied the basin of upper Muddy Creek, a tributary of the Little Snake River (which ultimately flows into the Colorado River) in southern Carbon County, Wyoming.

Joliet, Montana

Fire Hall (Joliet, Montana) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Montana

Larry Lehman

He served as a judge in Uinta County, Wyoming, from 1985 to 1988, and as a state district judge for Albany and Carbon counties.

Pennsylvania Route 903

PA 903 begins at an intersection with US 209 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, heading northeast on two-lane undivided River Street.

United States Grazing Service

The late Wyoming State Representative George R. Salisbury, Jr., of Carbon County worked for the Grazing Service prior to World War II.


Area codes 570 and 272

Carbon County (majority of the area, however portions around Lehighton and Palmerton, as well as some mobile phones in the Lansford area, may be assigned 610/484.)

Leonard S. Hobbs

Leonard S. (Luke) Hobbs (1896 in Carbon County, Wyoming – 1977) was an aeronautical engineer who started in 1920 with the Army Air Service at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio and later worked for Stromberg Motor Devices Corporation.

Overland Trail

General William Henry Ashley had crossed the Laramie Plains in 1825, John C. Fremont camped near Elk Mountain in 1843 and miners and trappers heading to California used the Cherokee Trail in the late 1840s.


see also

Lehigh Gap, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Route 248 runs directly through the gap, connecting the Lehigh Valley metro area to the smaller Carbon County boroughs of Palmerton, Bowmanstown and Lehighton.

Mahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Mahoning Township contains the retail hub of Carbon County and in a one-mile stretch of Route 443 SW of Lehighton are located the Carbon Plaza Mall, Walmart, Lowe's, and Aldi.

Ryan Park

Ryan Park, Wyoming, an unincorporated place in Carbon County, Wyoming, USA

Saratoga, Wyoming

From 1978-1982, Carbon County was represented in the Wyoming House of Representatives by Democrat Thomas E. Trowbridge (1930–2009), a dairy farmer from Saratoga.