Carbon Hill, Illinois

About Carbon Hill

Set in the northeastern part of Illinois, Carbon Hill is a tiny community, home to 383 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Officially, Carbon Hill is an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.18 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 2,128 residents per square mile.

📰 Carbon Hill News Today

• Shawn B. Super Obituary Mar 24, 2026 - Reeves - Baskerville Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Home · Mar 26
• Village of Carbon Hill Homecoming Now Underway WCSJ News · Jun 24
• Lightning Strike Map in Carbon Hill, IL - Tracker & Radar | Spark WeatherBug · Oct 22
• Linda Lee Pierce Obituary Nov 24, 2025 - Reeves - Baskerville Reeves & Baskerville Funeral Home · Nov 24
• John Edwin Phillips of Carbon Hill 1941 - 2025 | Obituaries WCSJ News · Dec 9

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Carbon Hill Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.18 sq mi.
• Positioned in northeastern Illinois, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Illinois — one of 1,461 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Carbon Hill

• Carbon Hill Park reviews ★
• Coal City Elementary Park reviews ★
• Coal City High Park reviews ★
• North Park reviews ★
• Short Pioneer Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Carbon Hill

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