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Carpenters

Ghost town · Maury County, Tennessee

Crestview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Crestview quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Carpenters is a ghost town in Maury County, Tennessee. It is one of 21 former communities in Maury County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carpenters as a historical populated place on the Summertown topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 35.4481° N, 87.2697° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSummertown
Elevation1,020 ft
Nearest living townSummertown, TN
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1313216
Coordinates35.44813, -87.26973

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What's there now

Carpenters is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Summertown, TN (population 793), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,020 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Carpenters?

Carpenters is in Maury County, Tennessee, at 35.4481, -87.2697.

How many ghost towns are in Maury County?

Maury County, Tennessee has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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