Carpenter is a small unincorporated community in western Wilson County, Texas, United States.Handbook of Texas Online, Claudia Hazlewood, "CARPENTER, TX," accessed May 15, 2020, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrc26. It lies between the towns of La Vernia and

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on Farm to Market Road 1346. The community is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Carpenter was named for a local land owner when founded in 1893 as a stop on the

San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad The San Antonio and Mexican Gulf Railroad (SA&MG) was a railroad set up in 1850 to connect the city of San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio to the Gulf of Mexico. The railroad survived the American Civil War, Civil War and merged with the Indianola Rai ...

. In the early 1900s, the community had a

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, general store and post office, with Joseph Winkler as the

postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...

, but the post office was discontinued in 1928. The town steadily declined after the rail line was closed and today only a small cluster of homes remain.

External links

Map of Carpenter, Texas Carpenter, Texas at Handbook of Texas online

References

Unincorporated communities in Texas Unincorporated communities in Wilson County, Texas Greater San Antonio {{WilsonCountyTX-geo-stub