Carpenter, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Carpenter is an unincorporated community in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States, located 15 miles east of Albuquerque. A post office was operated in the community from 1903 to 1907.[1][2] It was named in honor of its first postmaster, José R. Carpenter. The Carpenter name had existed earlier in the area: Henry Carpenter operated a large ranch in the Juan Tomás area in the 1880s.[3]
References
- ^ Robert Hixson Julyan: The Place Names of New Mexico, University of Mexico Press, 2nd edition, 1998, p. 65, viewable online at http://books.google.com/books?id=p3fMJnT1gx0C&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=Carpenter+mesa+%22new+mexico%22&source=bl&ots=o9XgiWExWC&sig=07NycgXdmysraFv8P536ujt-oPE&hl=en&ei=V2dmSpC1IKOntge-0ry5DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9, retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for: Carpenter Post Office (historical), http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=106:3:1155591714015869::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:937959%2CCarpenter%20Post%20Office%20(historical), retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ^ Julyan, p. 65.