Illinois, Jackson County
Where Carbondale's records are kept. Carbondale has its own city government; county and state offices keep its other public records.
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The cards below include Carbondale's own offices, along with State of Illinois offices; the Jackson County offices are on our Jackson County page. Use the category buttons to narrow the list.
Police & jail
Illinois' state prison agency, with links to the Individual in Custody Search, victim notification, wanted fugitives, sex offender information and Freedom of Information Act requests.
Open official site Illinois Department of CorrectionsState records
The Illinois State Archives in Springfield keeps state government records and offers online databases, digital collections and research visits for historical and genealogy work.
Open official site Illinois State ArchivesCounty court
Covers southern Illinois from the Melvin Price Federal Courthouse in East St. Louis and a second office in Benton, posting opinions, court calendars, local rules, general orders and forms.
Open official site U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of IllinoisCounty court
Official site of the Illinois Judicial Branch, with Supreme and Appellate Court news and opinions, a Find Your Court guide to each county, e-FileIL information and Re:SearchIL for documents filed through eFileIL.
Open official site Illinois CourtsVital records
Handles mailed requests for Illinois birth and death records, which take about 12 weeks; death records go only to people with a personal or property interest, and marriage copies come from county clerks.
Open official site Illinois Department of Public Health Division of Vital RecordsPolice & jail
Keeps Illinois criminal history records tied to more than five million fingerprint files; people review or challenge their own record through a Live Scan Access and Review request, and the Joliet office requires appointments.
Open official site Illinois State Police Bureau of IdentificationPolice & jail
Names people wanted on fugitive warrants issued at the request of the Illinois Department of Corrections; tips about where they are go to a toll free line, and information from the public stays confidential.
Open official site Illinois Department of Corrections Wanted FugitivesPolice & jail
Illinois State Police offender registration records show each registered sex offender's address on a map that refreshes hourly, along with murderer and violent offender against youth registrants; adjudicated juveniles are excluded.
Open official site Illinois State Police Sex Offender RegistrationFederal
Latest Census Bureau numbers for Carbondale city, Illinois: population estimates, veterans, median household income, housing and businesses, built from Population Estimates, the decennial census and American Community Survey data.
Open official site U.S. Census Bureau QuickFactsCity records
City of Carbondale, Illinois official site, with police and fire departments, refuse and recycling programs, council agendas and minutes, construction updates and online payments.
Open official site City of CarbondaleCity records
The city fire department's section covers its stations, smoke detector installation, Knox Box key boxes, disaster preparedness, weather alerts, recruitment and fire safety tips for kids and college students.
Open official site Carbondale Fire DepartmentPolice & jail
The city's full service police department works around the clock, with online payment of parking and tow fees, animal control licensing, bicycle and dog licenses, crime prevention and commendation or complaint forms.
Open official site Carbondale Police DepartmentEverything else, organized
9 more Carbondale sources not listed above.
Local record guide
Local profile
Carbondale, a place of 21,857 people, is in Jackson County, whose county seat is Murphysboro. Court and property records sit with Jackson County, and birth and death certificates come from the State of Illinois. Carbondale's own offices are in the cards above, and our Jackson County page lists each county office.
Abandoned mine records
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
The mine records hold 1 mine site inside the city or town limits: 1 past producer, now closed. The mineral the records name is Stone.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area. The Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund is a not for profit created by statute, not a state agency; the cover is bought through the homeowner insurer.
Carbondale sits over the Eastern Region coal field and the coal there is medium and high volatile bituminous, worked underground in many places. The two federal files record a shaft, an adit or a deposit where one was drawn on a survey sheet or catalogued as a site; neither file carries the outline of the workings, so the counts above are not the measure of what was mined under this town. The record that shows it is the mine map, held by ISGS Coal Mines in Illinois Viewer (ILMINES) and linked below.
Illinois abandoned mine maps ranks every county and town in the state by the workings recorded inside it, names the office that holds the mine maps, and says what to do if the ground moves.
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
Labor Department file
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division closed 41 investigations with a Carbondale address since fiscal 2005 and recorded $109,366 in back wages agreed for 228 workers. Snapshot of April 22, 2026; a case here is a finding by the Division, not a court judgment, and the city is the one written on the employer's record.
| Employer | Cases | Back wages | Workers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayemi Organization, Inc. | 2 | $49,756 | 33 |
| Carbondale Rehabilitation and Nursing Center | 1 | $11,839 | 6 |
| Hunan Incorporated | 1 | $8,682 | 4 |
| Pinnacle Hospitality LLC | 1 | $7,753 | 10 |
| Integrity Healthcare of Carbondale, LLC | 1 | $6,377 | 43 |
| J.D. Streett & Co. | 1 | $4,567 | 24 |
| Carbondale's Favorite Chicken, LLC | 1 | $4,323 | 55 |
| Southern Illinois University Carbondale | 2 | $4,050 | 6 |
| E.T. Simonds Construction Company | 1 | $3,773 | 5 |
| RAM D. Inc. | 1 | $2,898 | 15 |
| Sunshine International LLC | 1 | $1,341 | 6 |
| Diederich Insurance Agency, LLC | 1 | $1,160 | 1 |
| William Dunkin and Kirk, Inc | 1 | $1,116 | 7 |
| EJL Enterprises, Inc. | 1 | $724 | 4 |
| Bud James Construction | 1 | $480 | 5 |
| SIU Carbondale Head Start | 1 | $242 | 1 |
| Southern Illinois Health Care | 1 | $235 | 2 |
| Arthur Agency Inc. | 1 | $51 | 1 |
| Faron Corporation | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Arnold's Market, Inc. | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Echo Valley | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Grammer Trust-Claudean Grammer | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Echo Valley Orchard, LLC | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Greater Gillespie Temple Church God In Christ | 1 | $0 | 0 |
| Carbondale Apartment Group | 1 | $0 | 0 |
The 25 employers with the most back wages agreed, of 38 whose address on the record is in Carbondale; 8 employers have a page of their own and open from the table, the rest show their whole record here. The 13 more with smaller records are on the Illinois wage theft records page, whose search answers for every employer in the state.
Straight answers
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Voter registration in Illinois is run by the Illinois State Board of Elections and local election officials. Its site lists the registration deadline, online voter registration, polling places and the local election office for Carbondale.
Deeds for property in Carbondale are recorded by the Jackson County office that records deeds, and the county office that assesses property keeps the tax values. Our Jackson County page lists the county offices.
Certified birth and death certificates for events in Illinois come from the state vital records office, Illinois Division of Vital Records. Its site lists who may order a copy, the fee and how to order.
Same county
Use the city page when a record was created by a municipal police department or city office; use the county page for courts, deeds, vital records and jail custody.