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Welcome to Carpenter Town ...

Carpenter Town is located in Lackawanna County<1>.

Carpenter Town is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Carpenter Town lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Carpenter Town: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Carpenter Town ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Carpenter Town.

  • Scranton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Dunmore
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Dunmore is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,836 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunmore <4>
  • Carbondale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Old Forge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Pittston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Archbald
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Blakely
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Taylor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Taylor is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,879 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylor <4>
  • Moosic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Moosic is located in Lackawanna County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosic
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,813 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moosic <4>
  • Dickson City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Carpenter Town. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carpenter Town.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carpenter Town. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Carpenter Town.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Carpenter Town. See our Newspapers Page for Carpenter Town.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carpenter Town ...

Looking for more information about Carpenter Town? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Carpenter Town, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Carpenter Town.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Lackawanna, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carpenter Town - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Carpenter Town area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Carpenter Town area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.