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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Carpenter (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Carpenter. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Carpenter is primarily located in Custer County. A portion of Carpenter extends into Roger Mills County.

To see how the shape of Oklahoma's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Custer County: Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Dewey, Roger Mills & Washita.

Below are the counties that are near Carpenter. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Carpenter:

  • Custer County     (The home county of Carpenter)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
    • Butler
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butler have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butler
      • Butler is located in Custer County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butler <2>
    • Clinton
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Arapaho
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Custer City
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
  • Beckham County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
    • Elk City
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elk City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
      • Elk City is located in Beckham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,354 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elk City <2>
    • Carter
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
    • Sayre
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sayre have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sayre
      • Sayre is located in Beckham County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,435 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sayre <2>
    • Delhi
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
      • Delhi is located in Beckham County
  • Dewey County
    • Leedey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
  • Roger Mills County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
    • Hammon
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammon
      • Hammon is located in Roger Mills County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammon <2>
    • Berlin
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berlin
      • Berlin is located in Roger Mills County
    • Strong City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strong City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strong City
      • Strong City is located in Roger Mills County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 46 people
    • Cheyenne
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Roll
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roll
      • Roll is located in Roger Mills County
  • Washita County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.
    • Canute
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Foss
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foss have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foss
      • Foss is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Foss <2>
    • Burns Flat
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Burns Flat have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns Flat
      • Burns Flat is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,881 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns Flat <2>
    • Dill City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dill City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dill City
      • Dill City is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 527 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dill City <2>
    • Bessie
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bessie have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bessie
      • Bessie is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bessie <2>
    • New Cordell
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cordell
      • New Cordell is located in Washita County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,708 people
      • New Cordell has also been known as:
      • Cordell
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cordell <2>
    • Sentinel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Carpenter, see our County-by-County Page for Carpenter.

Newspapers Published in Carpenter ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 91 newspapers that have been published in the area around Carpenter.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Carpenter, there are papers which were published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Carpenter.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Carpenter:

Cemeteries Near Carpenter ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Carpenter.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Carpenter covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.

  • Carpenter Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carpenter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carpenter Cemetery
  • Thompson Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Cemetery
  • Thompson Pixlee Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Thompson Pixlee Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Thompson Pixlee Cemetery
  • Kiowa Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kiowa Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kiowa Cemetery
  • Grandview Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Grandview Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Grandview Cemetery
  • Red Hill Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Red Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Red Hill Cemetery
  • Fairlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairlawn Cemetery
  • Fairlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairlawn Cemetery
  • Calvary Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Calvary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Calvary Cemetery
  • East Fairlawn Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the East Fairlawn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the East Fairlawn Cemetery
  • Bethel Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bethel Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bethel Cemetery
  • Evergreen Cemetery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
  • Continue List   (112 more) ...
    • Edwardsville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwardsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwardsville Cemetery
    • Holy Family Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Holy Family Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Holy Family Cemetery
    • Edwardsville Cemetery
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwardsville Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwardsville Cemetery

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>

While we didn't find Carpenter in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Carpenter.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Carpenter, with the one closest to Carpenter listed first.

  • Hammon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammon
    • Hammon is located in Roger Mills County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammon <2>
  • Cheyenne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Arapaho
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
  • New Cordell
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cordell
    • New Cordell is located in Washita County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,708 people
    • New Cordell has also been known as:
    • Cordell
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cordell <2>
  • Delhi
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Delhi is located in Beckham County

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Carpenter. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carpenter.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Carpenter. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Carpenter) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Carpenter. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.5300, Longitude: -99.3724    
<4>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Carpenter, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.




 

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