Carpenter, Kentucky

Carpenter, is a community or populated place (Class Code U6) located in Whitley County, Kentucky with an elevation of 1,017 feet.[1] Carpenter appears on the Frakes U.S. Geological Survey Map.[2]

Carpenter was named for its first postmaster and doctor, Ensley A. Carpenter, who moved to Whitley County shortly after the American Civil War from neighboring Claiborne County, Tennessee.[3] Ensley A. Carpenter practiced medicine in Whitley Co. KY, Bell Co. KY, and Knox Co. KY from ca. 1868 into the early 1900s.

Carpenter is located south east of Corbin, Kentucky between Highway 75 and State Route 25E.[4]

References

  1. ^ Kentucky hometown locator - Carpenter.
  2. ^ Thomas P. Field, Kentucky Geological Survey: A Guide to Kentucky Place Names, Special Publication 5, Series X, University of Kentucky Press, Lexington, Ky., 1961, p. 56.
  3. ^ Robert M. Rennick: Kentucky Place Names, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., 1984, p. 50.
  4. ^ Kentucky hometown locator - Carpenter.

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Municipalities and communities of Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
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