Carpenter, Texas

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Texas, US}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

'''Carpenter''' is a small unincorporated community in western Wilson County, Texas, United States.<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1332182}}</ref><ref name="HOTO">Handbook of Texas Online, Claudia Hazlewood, "CARPENTER, TX," accessed May 15, 2020, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrc26.</ref> It lies between the towns of La Vernia and St. Hedwig on Farm to Market Road 1346. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.<ref name=HOTO/>

==History== Carpenter was named for a local land owner when founded in 1893 as a stop on the San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad.<ref name=HOTO/> In the early 1900s, the community had a cotton gin, general store and post office, with Joseph Winkler as the postmaster, but the post office was discontinued in 1928.<ref name=HOTO/> The town steadily declined after the rail line was closed and today only a small cluster of homes remain.<ref name=HOTO/>

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==External links== *[https://maps.google.com/maps/place?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Carpenter,+Texas%22&fb=1&gl=us&ftid=0x865ce8f2f77a327b:0xc05e98bdeba9fc97&ei=I-_8S9rmNcX_lgfqvuSeCQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CB4Q8gEwAA Map of Carpenter, Texas] *[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrc26 Carpenter, Texas at Handbook of Texas online]

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas Category:Unincorporated communities in Wilson County, Texas Category:Greater San Antonio