Port Carbon is a borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States, located two miles (3 km) northeast of Pottsville.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km2), all land.

People of German descent made up 19.6% of the population of the town, followed by Irish at 18.4%, Polish at 11.6%, Italian at 9.6%, Lithuanian at 5.4%, Slovak at 4.9%, Ukrainian at 3.4%, American at 3.3%, Welsh at 2.9%, Dutch at 1.9%, English at 1.7%, Arab at 1.1%, Scottish at 0.9%, Sub-Saharan African at 0.7%, and French at 0.6%.

Port Carbon was the site of the first lock on the Schuylkill Canal, on its route for transport of coal mined in the region to Philadelphia.

Robert Allison, a local industrialist, purchased the first commercially manufactured automobile, a Winton.