Carpenter, Kentucky

Carpenter, is an unincorporated community (Class Code U6) located in Whitley County, Kentucky at an elevation of 1,017 feet.

[1] Carpenter appears on the Frakes U.S. Geological Survey Map.

[2] Carpenter was named for its first postmaster and doctor, Ensley A. Carpenter, who moved to Whitley County shortly after the Civil War from neighboring Claiborne County, Tennessee.

[3] Ensley A. Carpenter practiced medicine in Whitley, Bell and Knox counties from ca.

Carpenter is located southeast of Corbin on Kentucky Route 92, between Interstate 75 and State Route 25E.