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Carpenter, Oklahoma

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Carpenter, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
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Carpenter
Location within the state of Oklahoma
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Carpenter
Carpenter (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°31′49″N99°22′18″W / 35.53028°N 99.37167°W / 35.53028; -99.37167
Country United States
State Oklahoma
Counties Roger Mills / Custer
Elevation
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1,946 ft (593 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1090986 [1]

Carpenter is an unincorporated community in Roger Mills and Custer counties in the state of Oklahoma, United States. [1] The community is eight miles north of Elk City, Oklahoma. [2]

It was named in commemoration of Benjamin Carpenter, an early settler of western Oklahoma who moved there from Texas in 1898. [3] It was established as a Post Office on March 19, 1901, "named for Benjamin Carpenter, local rancher". [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carpenter, Oklahoma
  2. ↑ Carpenter (in Roger Mills County, OK), Populated Place Profile, Oklahoma Hometown Locator, accessed 3 Dec 2011.
  3. ↑ Jerry R. Dickson: Prairie Wedding, A Pioneer History of Western Oklahoma, Western Oklahoma Historical Society, Elk City, Okla., 1987.
  4. ↑ George H. Shirk: Oklahoma Place Names, Second Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Okla., 1965, 1974, pp. 43-44.


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