Carbondale, Illinois
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 This statue was placed here by Station Carbondale, Inc. through donations from people dedicated to the preservation of Carbondale's railroad history. The first train came to Carbondale on July 4, 1854. At the peak of the city's railroad traffic, as many as 53 passenger trains passed through here each day.
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| Official name: City of Carbondale | |
| Motto: City of Trees and PhDs | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Jackson |
| Elevation | 415 ft (126.5 m) |
| Coordinates | 37°43′34″N 89°13′12″W / 37.726°N 89.220°WCoordinates: 37°43′34″N 89°13′12″W / 37.726°N 89.220°W |
| Area | 17.51 sq mi (45.4 km2) |
| - land | 17.08 sq mi (44 km2) |
| - water | 0.43 sq mi (1 km2), 2.46% |
| Population | 26,256 (2012) |
| Density | 1,536/sq mi (593/km2) |
| Founded | 1852 |
| - Incorporated Town | 1856 |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 618 |
 Location of Carbondale within Illinois
Location of Carbondale within Illinois
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Carbondale is a city in Jackson County, Illinois, United States, within the Southern Illinois region informally known as "Little Egypt". The city developed from 1853 because of the stimulation of railroad construction into the area. Today the major roadways of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51 intersect in the city. The city is 96 miles (154 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest. Carbondale is the home of the main campus of Southern Illinois University.
As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 25,902, and it is the state's 20th-most-populated city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. In addition, the city is the most populous in Southern Illinois outside of the St. Louis Metro-East region, and the most populous city in the Carbondale-Marion-Herrin, Illinois Combined Statistical Area and the Metro Lakeland area. The CSA has 126,575 residents, the sixth-most-populous Combined statistical area in Illinois.
In August 1853, Daniel Harmon Brush, John Asgill Conner, and Dr. William Richart bought a 360-acre (1.5 km2) parcel of land between two proposed railroad station sites (Makanda and De Soto) and two county seats (Murphysboro and Marion). Brush named Carbondale for the large deposit of coal in the area. The first train through Carbondale arrived on Independence Day 1854, traveling north on the main line from Cairo, Illinois.
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