Carpenter, is an

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(Class Code U6) located in Whitley County,

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at an elevation of 1,017 feet. Carpenter appears on the Frakes

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Map. Carpenter was named for its first postmaster and doctor, Ensley A. Carpenter, who moved to Whitley County shortly after the

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from neighboring Claiborne County,

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. Ensley A. Carpenter practiced medicine in Whitley,

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and Knox counties from ca. 1868 into the early 1900s. Carpenter is located southeast of Corbin on Kentucky Route 92, between

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and State Route 25E.Kentucky hometown locator - Carpenter.
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Kentucky hometown locator - Carpenter.
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