Carpenter is an unincorporated community in Roger Mills and Custer counties in the state of Oklahoma, United States. The community is eight miles north of Elk City, Oklahoma.[1] It was named in commemoration of Benjamin Carpenter, an early settler of western Oklahoma who moved there from Texas in 1898.[2] It was established as a Post Office on March 19, 1901, "named for Benjamin Carpenter, local rancher".[3]
References
- ↑ Carpenter (in Roger Mills County, OK), Populated Place Profile, Oklahoma Hometown Locator, http://oklahoma.hometownlocator.com/ok/roger-mills/carpenter.cfm, accessed 3 Dec 2011.
- ↑ Jerry R. Dickson: Prairie Wedding, A Pioneer History of Western Oklahoma, Western Oklahoma Historical Society, Elk City, Okla., 1987.
- ↑ George H. Shirk: Oklahoma Place Names, Second Edition, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Okla., 1965, 1974, pp. 43-44.
