Carpenter, Mississippi

Carpenter, Mississippi
Carpenter
Carpenter
Coordinates: 32°02′03″N 90°40′49″W / 32.03417°N 90.68028°W / 32.03417; -90.68028
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyCopiah
Elevation
164 ft (50 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID668080

Carpenter 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 Railroad.