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==Municipalities== [[File:Map of Carbon County, Pennsylvania.png|thumb|Map of Carbon County]] Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: [[List of cities in Pennsylvania|cities]], [[List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania|boroughs]], [[List of townships in Pennsylvania|townships]], and, in the case of [[Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania|Bloomsburg]], a [[List of towns and boroughs in Pennsylvania#Towns|town]]. The following boroughs and townships are located in Carbon County: ===Boroughs=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *[[Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania|Beaver Meadows]] *[[Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania|Bowmanstown]] *[[East Side, Pennsylvania|East Side]] *[[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania|Jim Thorpe]] (county seat) *[[Lansford, Pennsylvania|Lansford]] *[[Lehighton, Pennsylvania|Lehighton]] *[[Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania|Nesquehoning]] *[[Palmerton, Pennsylvania|Palmerton]] *[[Parryville, Pennsylvania|Parryville]] *[[Summit Hill, Pennsylvania|Summit Hill]] *[[Weatherly, Pennsylvania|Weatherly]] *[[Weissport, Pennsylvania|Weissport]] {{div col end}} ===Townships=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *[[Banks Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Banks]] *[[East Penn Township, Pennsylvania|East Penn]] *[[Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Franklin]] *[[Kidder Township, Pennsylvania|Kidder]] *[[Lausanne Township, Pennsylvania|Lausanne]] *[[Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Lehigh]] *[[Lower Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Towamensing]] *[[Mahoning Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Mahoning]] *[[Packer Township, Pennsylvania|Packer]] *[[Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania|Penn Forest]] *[[Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania|Towamensing]] {{div col end}} ===Census-designated places=== [[Census-designated place]]s are geographical areas designated by the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]] for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well. *[[Albrightsville, Pennsylvania|Albrightsville]] *[[Holiday Pocono, Pennsylvania|Holiday Pocono]] *[[Indian Mountain Lake, Pennsylvania|Indian Mountain Lake]] *[[Towamensing Trails, Pennsylvania|Towamensing Trails]] *[[Tresckow, Pennsylvania|Tresckow]] *[[Weissport East, Pennsylvania|Weissport East]] ===Former communities=== * [[Big Creek Valley, Pennsylvania|Big Creek Valley]] * [[East Penn Township, Pennsylvania|East Mauch Chunk]], now an eastern part of [[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania|Jim Thorpe]] * [[East Penn Township, Pennsylvania]], the far eastern part of today's Jim Thorpe at the other end of [[Bear Mountain (Lehigh Valley)]] * [[Lausanne Landing, Pennsylvania|Lausanne Landing]], the original settlement above the [[Lehigh Gap]] at the mouth of the [[Nesquehoning Creek]]; terminus of the [[Lehigh & Susquehanna Turnpike]] founded in 1804 ===Population ranking=== The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]] of Carbon County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|title=2010 U.S. Census website|access-date=February 10, 2013}}</ref> '''β ''' ''county seat'' {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Rank !City/Town/etc. !Municipal type !Population (2010 Census) |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 1 | '''[[Lehighton, Pennsylvania|Lehighton]]''' | Borough | 5,500 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 2 | '''[[Palmerton, Pennsylvania|Palmerton]]''' | Borough | 5,414 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 3 | '''β [[Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania|Jim Thorpe]]''' | Borough | 4,781 |- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;" | 4 | '''[[Indian Mountain Lake, Pennsylvania|Indian Mountain Lake]]''' (''partially in Monroe County'') | CDP | 4,372 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 5 | '''[[Lansford, Pennsylvania|Lansford]]''' | Borough | 3,941 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 6 | '''[[Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania|Nesquehoning]]''' | Borough | 3,349 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 7 | '''[[Summit Hill, Pennsylvania|Summit Hill]]''' | Borough | 3,034 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 8 | '''[[Weatherly, Pennsylvania|Weatherly]]''' | Borough | 2,525 |- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;" | 9 | '''[[Towamensing Trails, Pennsylvania|Towamensing Trails]]''' | CDP | 2,292 |- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;" | 10 | '''[[Weissport East, Pennsylvania|Weissport East]]''' | CDP | 1,624 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 11 | '''[[Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania|Bowmanstown]]''' | Borough | 937 |- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;" | 12 | '''[[Tresckow, Pennsylvania|Tresckow]]''' | CDP | 880 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 13 | '''[[Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania|Beaver Meadows]]''' | Borough | 869 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 14 | '''[[Parryville, Pennsylvania|Parryville]]''' | Borough | 525 |- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;" | 15 | '''[[Holiday Pocono, Pennsylvania|Holiday Pocono]]''' | CDP | 476 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 16 | '''[[Weissport, Pennsylvania|Weissport]]''' | Borough | 412 |- style="background-color:#FFF5EE;" | 17 | '''[[East Side, Pennsylvania|East Side]]''' | Borough | 317 |- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;" | 18 | '''[[Albrightsville, Pennsylvania|Albrightsville]]''' | CDP | 202 |}
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