Carbonate, Colorado

About Carbonate

Carbonate, CO is a tiny community located in western Colorado with an estimated population of 0.

Carbonate holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 0.99 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 0 residents per square mile.

📰 Carbonate News Today

• Corals might be adapting to climate change University of Colorado Boulder · Sep 30
• Carbonate — Colorado’s strangest county seat - Reporter-Herald Reporter-Herald · Mar 24
• Yes, that’s a town — by 9-0 vote Post Independent · Nov 8
• This town in Colorado has a population of zero KDVR · Oct 4
• New database connects CSU researchers with Core resources Colorado State University · Sep 16

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Carbonate Unique

• The only place in America named Carbonate — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• With 0 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in western Colorado, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 14 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Carbonate

• Diamond Jack's Restaurant

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Carbonate

• Hack Lake Wilderness Study Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Carbonate

🏘️ Nearby Communities