Carpenter, North Carolina
- Carpenter, North Carolina
Carpenter is a small community located in western Wake County, North Carolina (coor dms|35|49|15|N|78|52|18|W|type:city_region:US-NC). Carpenter is centered around the intersection of Carpenter-Upchurch Road and Morrisville-Carpenter Road just east of North Carolina Highway 55. Most of Carpenter has been annexed by the Town of Cary. The community was named for William Carpenter, the first settler in the area in 1865 Harvard citation|Powell|1968|p=89. Carpenter was a stop on the former Durham and Southern Railway.
Carpenter Elementary was named for the community but lies in a recently annexed part of Cary.
Maps of Carpenter and Surrounding Area
References
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last = Powell
first = William S.
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year = 1968
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title = The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places
place = Chapel Hill
publisher = University of North Carolina Press
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isbn = 0-8078-1247-1
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