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Welcome to Carpenter ...

Carpenter is located on the South Texas Plains.

Carpenter is located in Wilson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carpenter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Carpenter is 500 feet [152 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: 830

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, South Dakota 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.

  • San Antonio
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Schertz
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Cibolo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Seguin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Seguin is located in Guadalupe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seguin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,165 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seguin <3>
  • Converse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Universal City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Live Oak
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Selma
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Kirby
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Alamo Heights
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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.

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

Adding Carpenter to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Carpenter in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<4>

From that list, the Carpenter post office opened in 1911. The Carpenter post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carpenter.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Wilson, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/