East Carbon, Utah
East Carbon, Utah | |
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City | |
Location in Carbon County and the state of Utah. | |
Location of Utah in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 39°32′33″N 110°25′8″W / 39.54250°N 110.41889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Carbon |
| Incorporated | July 23, 1973 |
| Merged with Sunnyside | January 1, 2014 |
| Area | |
• Total | 11.30 sq mi (29.26 km2) |
| • Land | 11.29 sq mi (29.25 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,987 ft (1,825 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,556 |
| • Density | 140.26/sq mi (54.16/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 84520 |
| Area code | 435 |
| FIPS code | 49-20890 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2410386 |
| Website | www.eastcarboncity.org |
East Carbon is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,567 as of 2022. East Carbon was incorporated on July 23, 1973, from the merger of the two struggling mining towns of Dragerton and Columbia. On January 1, 2014, the city merged with the neighboring city of Sunnyside to become East Carbon-Sunnyside, but later changed to East Carbon City.