Carbondale is a city in Osage County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,437.HistoryCarbondale was founded in 1869. It initially grew as a coal town of the Carbon Coal Company. Coal is a carbon-based fuel, hence the name.From 1906 to 1908 the Daughters of the American Revolution of Kansas placed sixty-six markers along the path of the Santa Fe Trail as it ran through Kansas. Number seventeen is located in Carbondale.GeographyCarbondale is located at . It is the first city south of Topeka, Kansas on U.S. Highway 75. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.77sqmi, of which, 0.75sqmi is land and 0.02sqmi is water.DemographicsCarbondale is part of the Topeka, Kansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.2010 censusAs of the census of 2010, there were 1,437 people, 590 households, and 385 families residing in the city. The population density was 1916.0PD/sqmi. There were 637 housing units at an average density of 849.3/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 95.8% White, 0.3% African American, 1.2% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.3% from other races, and 2.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.9% of the population.
