Carbon County

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Carbon County is a rural county in northeastern Pennsylvania known for its Appalachian landscape, historic coal-mining communities, and outdoor recreation areas such as Jim Thorpe and parts of the Pocono Mountains.

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Carbon County canonical 7
Carbon County (historical) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
borders Columbia County
Lehigh County
Luzerne County
Monroe County
Northampton County
Schuylkill County
contains Banks Township
East Penn Township
Franklin Township
Jim Thorpe
Kidder Township
Lansford
Lehighton
Lower Towamensing Township
Mahoning Township
Nesquehoning
Packer Township
Palmerton
Penn Forest Township
Summit Hill
Towamensing Township
Weatherly
country United States of America
countySeat Jim Thorpe
FIPSCountyCode 025
hasAttraction Beltzville State Park
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Mauch Chunk Lake Park
hasHistoricSite Asa Packer Mansion
Harry Packer Mansion
Old Jail Museum in Jim Thorpe
historicallyKnownFor anthracite coal mining
knownFor Appalachian landscape
historic coal-mining communities
outdoor recreation
locatedIn Coal Region of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
northeastern Pennsylvania
namedAfter carbon
partOf Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton metropolitan area
Appalachian Mountains
Pocono Mountains region
stateFIPSCode 42
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
traversedBy Lehigh River
Pohopoco Creek

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beltzville Lake county Carbon County
Lehighton locatedIn Carbon County
Lehighton county Carbon County
Old Jail Museum (Jim Thorpe) operator Carbon County (historical)
linked to: Carbon County
Old Jail Museum county Carbon County