Carbondale, Pennsylvania
| City of Carbondale | |
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| Nickname(s): The Pioneer City | |
 City of Carbondale
City of Carbondale
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| Coordinates: 41°34′N 75°30′W / 41.567°N 75.500°WCoordinates: 41°34′N 75°30′W / 41.567°N 75.500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lackawanna |
| Established | 1824 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Justin M. Taylor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.2 sq mi (8 km2) |
| • Land | 3.2 sq mi (8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,076 ft (328 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 8,891 |
| • Density | 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP Code | 18407 |
| Area code(s) | 570 Exchanges: 281, 282 |
| Website | carbondale-pa |
Carbondale is a city in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. Carbondale is located approximately 15 miles due northeast of the city of Scranton in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 8,891 at the 2010 census.
The land area that became Carbondale was developed by William and Maurice Wurts, the founders of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, during the rise of the anthracite coal mining industry in the early 19th century. Carbondale was the site of the first deep vein anthracite coal mine in the United States. It was also a major terminal of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad.
Like many other cities and towns in the region, Carbondale has struggled with the demise of the once-prominent coal mining industry that had once made the region a haven for immigrants seeking work so many decades ago. Immigrants from Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland, and from throughout continental Europe came to Carbondale in the course of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries to work in the anthracite and railroading industries.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Carbondale has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.3 km2), all of it land.
For the 2011-2012 school year, there are two schools located within the City of Carbondale.
The demographic and economic decline beginning in the 1950s with the end of the coal mining industry has left its mark on education. At one time, the City of Carbondale had one public high school, ten public elementary schools, one private Catholic high school, and two private Catholic elementary schools which served a city of just over 23,000 citizens. Over the decades, changes to education, the dramatic population decline down to 8,800 in the 2010 Census, and the disappearance of religious orders have reduced the number of schools to the two mentioned above. Sacred Heart Elementary, formed as a result of the merger between the parochial Mt. Carmel and St. Rose Elementary Schools for the 1998-1999 school year, closed at the end of the 2010-2011 school year and integrated into LaSalle Academy Catholic School in Dickson City. From a peak enrollment in the 1960s of nearly 650 in a K-12 system served in three schools, the school's enrollment has declined to 186.
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