{"id":7230,"date":"2023-08-28T10:49:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T10:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2026-08-11T21:32:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T21:32:47","slug":"carbon-county-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/carbon-county-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon County, Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carbon County is a county in Pennsylvania, United States, about 33 miles northwest of
\nAllentown. It had a population of 64,749 at the 2020 census, an estimated 65,868 by 2025, and
\ncovers 387 square miles (1,000 km2) centred near 40\u00b055\u2032N 75\u00b042\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Jim Thorpe is the county seat; its postal code is 18229. The county holds 12 boroughs, 6
\ncensus-designated places and 11 townships, and it runs on Eastern Time.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Carbon County<\/h2>\n

Carbon County has 18 named places on record: 12 incorporated boroughs and 6 unincorporated
\ncensus-designated places (CDPs). Borough is Pennsylvania’s term for a self-governing
\nmunicipality; CDPs have no local government of their own and are grouped here by the township
\nthat surrounds them.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Jim Thorpe<\/td>\nBorough · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n4,507<\/td>\n18229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Palmerton<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n5,593<\/td>\n18071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lehighton<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n5,248<\/td>\n18235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lansford<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n4,141<\/td>\n18232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nesquehoning<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n3,336<\/td>\n18240<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Summit Hill<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n3,120<\/td>\n18250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weatherly<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n2,541<\/td>\n18255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beaver Meadows<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n897<\/td>\n18216<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowmanstown<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n889<\/td>\n18030<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parryville<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n416<\/td>\n18244<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weissport<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n413<\/td>\n18235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Side<\/td>\nBorough<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n247<\/td>\n18661<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indian Mountain Lake<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPenn Forest<\/td>\n4,733<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Towamensing Trails<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nPenn Forest<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weissport East<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nFranklin<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Holiday Pocono<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nKidder<\/td>\n583<\/td>\n18210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tresckow<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nBanks<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n18254<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Albrightsville<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nKidder & Penn Forest<\/td>\n138<\/td>\n18210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Three places share a ZIP code with a neighbor. Weissport borough and Weissport East CDP both
\nuse 18235, the Lehighton post office code, though they are separate places on opposite banks of
\nthe Lehigh River. Albrightsville and Holiday Pocono both use 18210, and both sit astride the
\nKidder–Penn Forest township line; Albrightsville itself is split between the two townships.
\nIndian Mountain Lake is the largest place in the county by population after the seat, but most of
\nits land and the bulk of its residents are in Carbon’s Penn Forest Township — a smaller
\nshare of the CDP extends east into Monroe County’s Tunkhannock and Chestnuthill townships, so
\nits population count here reflects only the Carbon County portion’s registration under one
\ncombined CDP figure.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n

Pennsylvania keeps civil townships as a separate layer of government outside the boroughs;
\neach of the 11 below elects its own supervisors. Population figures are shown only where a 2020
\ncensus count for the township specifically was available.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Penn Forest<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nIndian Mountain Lake, Towamensing Trails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Packer<\/td>\n1,029<\/td>\nNesquehoning-area farmland, Hauto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Banks<\/td>\n1,164<\/td>\nTresckow, Jeansville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mahoning<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nLehighton-area farmland, Mahoning Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Towamensing<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nAquashicola, Palmerton-area farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lower Towamensing<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nLittle Gap, Trachsville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
East Penn<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nBowmanstown-area farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kidder<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nLake Harmony, Albrightsville, Holiday Pocono<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lehigh<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nWeissport East-area farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franklin<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nWeissport East, Summit Hill-area farmland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lausanne<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nRockport, sparsely settled Lehigh Gorge land<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Most Carbon County townships have not had a standalone 2020 population figure confirmed
\nagainst a Census source at the time of writing, so those cells read — rather than carry
\nover an outdated 2010 count.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n