Welcome to Village of Carbon Cliff Village of Carbon Cliff, Illinois

Carbon Cliff is the name of a Village, given in the early 1830s, when this area was a very important center of the coal mining industry. On November 13, 1906, voters of Hampton Township petitioned the county court for permission to incorporate as a village. On December 8, 1906, the inhabitants of the community gathered to vote on whether or not Carbon Cliff would become a village. With a vote of 55 to 28 in favor of the proposition, Carbon Cliff had become its own entity. The Village of Carbon Cliff was born and officially incorporated when six trustees took office on January 12, 1907. Since then, we've grown into a strong bedroom community on the outskirts of the Quad Cities with several small businesses, two hotels, two gas stations, and plenty of charm.