Carpenter,_Bernalillo_County,_New_Mexico

Carpenter, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Carpenter, Bernalillo County, New Mexico

Unincorporated community in New Mexico, US

Carpenter was 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. [1]
    Julyan, Robert Hixson (January 1, 1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. UNM Press. p. 65. ISBN 9780826316899.
  2. [2]
    "Carpenter Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 21, 2009.
  3. [3]
    Julyan, p. 65.


Stub icon

This New Mexico state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Carpenter,_Bernalillo_County,_New_Mexico, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.