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Welcome to Carpenter ...

Carpenter is located in Clark County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carpenter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Carpenter is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Carpenter lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Carpenter: 605

The ZIP code for Carpenter: 57322<3>

Communities Also Named Carpenter ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Carpenter - they are located in Alabama (3), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Saskatchewan, Texas and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Carpenter.

Communities near Carpenter ...

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

  • Success ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Success is located in Clark County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Success
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,741 people
  • Clark
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Huron Colony
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Huron Colony is located in Beadle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron Colony
    • Estimated population in 2014: 403 people
  • Iroquois
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Willow Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Doland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Spink Colony
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Spink Colony is located in Spink County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spink Colony
    • Estimated population in 2014: 155 people
  • Cavour
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Yale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Osceola
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)

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. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Carpenter.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Carpenter. 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.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carpenter ...

Looking for more information about Carpenter? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Carpenter, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Carpenter.

Adding Carpenter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carpenter in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Carpenter was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Carpenter post office opened in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carpenter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of South Dakota's counties, including Clark, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carpenter - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Carpenter). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Carpenter or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/