County · code 49007
Carbon CountyUtah
Carbon County is in Utah and was created in 1894, with Price as its county seat.
- Founded1894
- County seatPrice
- Named forcarbon
- Land area1,479 sq mi + 6.1 sq mi water
- Population20,412 2020 Census
- Parcels mapped23,809 checked 14 October 2026
Where it is
Carbon on the map of Utah
Utah has 29 counties and county equivalents, each with its own records office. Shapes with a page are links.
History
Formed in 1894 from Emery County
An old deed may name a county that no longer exists, or a boundary that has since moved.
Carbon County was created on March 8, 1894, from Emery County in Utah Territory. The county was named after carbon and became an official county in the state of Utah on January 4, 1896.
- 1894Carbon County created Carbon created by Utah Territory from Emery. · Utah Terr. Laws 1894, 31st sess., ch. 58, pp. 82-83
- 1896Became part of Utah Carbon became a county in the state of Utah. · U.S. Stat., vol. 28, ch. 138 [1894]/pp. 107-112; U.S. Stat., vol. 29, procl. no. 9, [1896]/pp. 876-877; Van Zandt, 159
Land and parcels
What the maps cover in Carbon
Who publishes each layer, how good it is, and when we last checked.
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Parcels Good enough
Lot lines and tax-map numbers for 23,809 parcels from Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC), State of Utah. Drawn for tax purposes: usually within a few feet of a survey, but not a survey.
edited 9 October 2026 · checked 14 October 2026 -
Address points Missing
No public address points layer found for Carbon County yet.
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Buildings Reference
Roof outlines traced from aerial imagery from FEMA Response Geospatial Office with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Good for seeing what is on a lot; not accurate enough to set a fence from.
checked 18 October 2026
- Official
- from the office that keeps the record
- Good enough
- a reliable statewide or national copy
- Fallback
- a guide only; check the official record
- Missing
- nothing public found yet
People and land
Carbon by the Census
Source: US Census Bureau, 2020 Census; US Census Bureau, 2020 Gazetteer Files. Not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Rules and offices
Carbon County's official site
We have found the county's site but not its offices yet; start there.
County government
- County government
The official website of Carbon County.
See your own lot on these maps
Open Carbon County on Parcel Chart's free map and click your parcel. Save it with a free account; the full record of your place (site map, projects, documents) is Pro, in early access.
Questions
Common questions about Carbon County
- When was Carbon County founded?
- Carbon County was founded in 1894, formed from Emery County, and named after carbon.
- What is the county seat of Carbon County?
- The county seat of Carbon County is Price.
- Is there an online parcel map for Carbon County?
- Yes. Utah Geospatial Resource Center (UGRC), State of Utah publishes a parcel map of 23,809 parcels, rated good enough here. You can click any parcel on it in Parcel Chart's free map, no sign-in needed.
- Has Carbon County's boundary or name changed?
- Carbon County was created in 1894 from Emery County. Since then the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries records 1 later change.
- Is my lot in a flood zone?
- We do not have flood maps for Carbon County yet. Look up the address on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, which shows the effective flood map for any lot.
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