Carbondale, California

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in California, United States}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Amador County

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Carbondale (formerly, Buckeye) is a former settlement in Amador County, California. It was located {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} northwest of Ione on the Southern Pacific Railroad,{{California's Geographic Names|461}} at an elevation of 223 feet (68 m).

The place's early economy was related to coal mining and shipment. Large deposits of potter's clay were also mined in the area,{{cite book |last=Sargent |first=J.L. |author-link= |date=1927 |title=Amador County History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2DwLAQAAIAAJ&q=carbondale&pg=PA54 |location=Jackson, CA |publisher=Amador County Federation of Women's Clubs |page=13 |isbn=}} along with aluminum and sand at one time.{{cite news |author= |date=2 Feb 1891 |title=Carbondale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/42192801/?terms=carbondale&match=1 |work=The Sacramento Union |location=Sacramento, CA |access-date=28 Dec 2023}} A post office operated at Carbondale from 1922 to 1955.

Nothing remains of Carbondale today.