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Carpenter, Oklahoma
Unincorporated community
Country United States
State Oklahoma
Counties Roger Mills / Custer
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Carpenter is an unincorporated community in Roger Mills and Custer counties in the state of Oklahoma, United States. The community is eight miles north of Elk City, Oklahoma. It was named in commemoration of Benjamin Carpenter, an early settler of western Oklahoma who moved there from Texas in 1898. It was established as a Post Office on March 19, 1901, "named for Benjamin Carpenter, local rancher".

Municipalities and communities of Custer County, Oklahoma, United States
Cities
Towns
Unincorporated
communities
  • Carpenter‡
  • Dead Women Crossing
Ghost town
Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Municipalities and communities of Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, United States
Towns
Unincorporated
communities
Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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