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

  1. ↑ 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 July 21, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Carpenter Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  3. ↑ Julyan, p. 65.


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