Carpenter (disambiguation)
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A carpenter is a person who engages in carpentry
, the craft of woodworking.
Carpenter or Carpenters may also refer to:
Carpentry
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
, the craft of woodworking.
Carpenter or Carpenters may also refer to:
Communities and settlements
- Carpenter, Alabama
- Carpenter, CaliforniaCarpenter, CaliforniaCarpenter is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California, adjacent to Hayward. It lies at an elevation of 36 feet . Its zip code is 94544....
- Carpenter, ColoradoCarpenter, ColoradoCarpenter is a ghost town in Mesa County, Colorado, United States, twelve miles northeast of Grand Junction at the end of an extension to 27¼ Road. The settlement was established by William Thomas Carpenter early in 1890 to provide the miners who worked in his two Book Cliff mines with a place to...
, a ghost town - Carpenter, DelawareCarpenter, DelawareCarpenter is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States., located on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 6.5 miles northeast of Wilmington, Delaware.- References :...
- Carpenter Township, Jasper County, IndianaCarpenter Township, Jasper County, IndianaCarpenter Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,096.-Geography:Carpenter Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.18 percent is water.-Unincorporated towns:* Fountain Park...
- Carpenter, IowaCarpenter, IowaCarpenter is a city in Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. The population was 130 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Carpenter is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
- Carpenter, KentuckyCarpenter, KentuckyCarpenter, is a community or populated place located in Whitley County, Kentucky with an elevation of 1,017 feet. Carpenter appears on the Frakes U.S. Geological Survey Map....
- Carpenter Township, Itasca County, Minnesota
- Carpenter, MississippiCarpenter, MississippiCarpenter is a small unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. A former railroad town located seven miles from Utica in the extreme northwestern corner of the county, Carpenter was named for Joseph Neibert Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia...
- Carpenter, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
- Carpenter, Grant County, New MexicoCarpenter, Grant County, New MexicoCarpenter was a settlement in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It was located on the west slope of the Mimbres Mountains, but its exact location is not now known. The site was reported to be a small lead-mining camp established ca. 1882, and so named because many of the prospectors were...
- Carpenter, North CarolinaCarpenter, North CarolinaCarpenter is a small community located in western Wake County, North Carolina. 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...
- Carpenter, North DakotaCarpenter, North DakotaCarpenter is an unincorporated community in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States. It was established with the opening of the Carpenter post office on April 9, 1903 at the general merchandise store of Anton T. Julseth in Holmes Township...
- Carpenter Township, Steele County, North DakotaSteele County, North Dakota-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,258 people, 923 households, and 635 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile . There were 1,231 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...
- Carpenter, OhioCarpenter, OhioCarpenter is an unincorporated community in Meigs County, Ohio, United States, along Leading Creek. It was named for one of three prominent Carpenter men who were natives of the area, Amos Carpenter, Sr., an old resident, or Jesse C. Carpenter, or State Senator J. L. Carpenter, who facilitated...
- Carpenter, OklahomaCarpenter, OklahomaCarpenter 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...
- Carpenter, South DakotaCarpenter, South DakotaCarpenter is an unincorporated community in Clark County, South Dakota, United States. Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Carpenter has been assigned the ZIP code of 57322....
- Carpenter, TexasCarpenter, TexasCarpenter is a small unincorporated community in western Wilson County, Texas, United States. 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.-History:...
- Carpenter, WyomingCarpenter, WyomingCarpenter is an unincorporated community in southeastern Laramie County, Wyoming, United States. It lies along WYO 214 east of the city of Cheyenne, the county seat of Laramie County and capital of Wyoming. Its elevation is 5,440 feet...
- FOB CarpenterFOB CarpenterForward Operating Base Carpenter, near Salman Pak, Iraq, honored Specialist Four Thomas Carpenter, Jr., U.S. Army, who was killed in a sapper attack on his base at Kontum, Vietnam, on January 10, 1968. His name is engraved on Panel 34E, Row 15 of the Vietnam War Memorial...
, Iraq
Natural features
- 1852 Carpenter1852 Carpenter1852 Carpenter is the name of an asteroid which was discovered at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana by the Indiana Asteroid Program....
, an asteroid - Carpenter (crater)Carpenter (crater)Carpenter is a lunar impact crater in the northern part of the Moon, relatively close to the limb. At this position the crater is foreshortened and appears oval in shape. It is, however, very nearly circular in outline. The outer rampart to the south is adjoined to the old crater Anaximander, and...
, on the Moon - Carpenter CanyonCarpenter CanyonCarpenter Canyon is a canyon on the western side of the Spring Mountains, partially within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, in Clark County, southern Nevada west of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.....
, in Clark County, Nevada. It contains Carpenter Canyon creek. Carpenter Canyon Road starts near Pahrump.
Businesses
- Carpenter Body CompanyCarpenter Body CompanyCarpenter Body Company, also known over the years as the Ralph H. Carpenter Body Company, Carpenter Body Works, Inc., Carpenter Manufacturing Company, Carpenter Industries, Inc., and Crown By Carpenter, was a bus body manufacturer based in Mitchell, Indiana, United States...
, a bus body manufacturer - Carpenter Technology CorporationCarpenter Technology CorporationCarpenter Technology Corporation is a globally recognized developer, manufacturer and distributor of cast wrought and powder metallurgy specialty alloys/metals including superalloys, ultra-high strength steels, and stainless steel, as well as titanium alloys in a range of product forms...
, a metals manufacturer
Other uses
- Carpenter (surname)Carpenter (surname)Carpenter is a surname. Its use as a forename or middle name is rare. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 189th-most common surname. The English meaning of is one who makes wooden objects and structures by shaping wood.-Origin:...
- The CarpentersThe CarpentersCarpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and...
, a musical group - Carpenters (album)Carpenters (album)Carpenters is the third studio album by the Carpenters. Released on May 14, 1971, the album was successful, reaching #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and #12 in the UK...
, an album by the Carpenters - Carpenter (theatre), a woodworker who works in the theatre
- USS Carpenter (DD-825)USS Carpenter (DD-825)USS Carpenter was a of the United States Navy, named for Lieutenant Commander Donald M. Carpenter .Carpenter was laid down on 30 July 1945 at Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas; launched on 28 September 1945, and sponsored by Mrs. Donald M. Carpenter, widow of the ship's namesake...
, a ship
See also
- Carpender (disambiguation)Carpender (disambiguation)Carpender and Carpendar are name English phonetic variants of Carpenter .A carpenter is a craftsman who works with wood.* See Carpentry for the occupation of a carpenter.People with the surname Carpenter:* See Carpenter...
- CarpentierCarpentierCarpentier is a surname from the old French Charpentier and is similar to the English Carpenter.Origin: [900-1000] Charpentier - Old French Carpentier is a surname from the old French Charpentier and is similar to the English Carpenter....
- CharpentierCharpentierCharpentier is the French word for carpenter and a French surname. A variant spelling is Carpentier. In English the name is spelled Carpenter while in German it is Zimmermann....