who on AT lives in the smallest, most obscure town?

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: loki8481
4,492 population, 0.8 sq mile town ftw!

as far as town size goes, though, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Newark has got to beat all in terms of square miles.

Jacksonville, FL is the largest town in the United States in square mileage.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Not anymore, but we lived almost 2 years just outside the sprawling metropolis of Clayton, ID...current population 26. (back then, it was a crowded 41)

We also lived for about 2 years in Wyoming's beautiful "twin cities" of Big Piney/Marbleton...which, at the time, had a population of about 500 each. (currently 543/919)
We had one small grocery store, 2 mini-marts, or we could drive 40 miles to the county seat of Pinedale (current population, 1882) where there was a bit larger grocery store. MOST of the time, we'd make the 110 mile drive to Rock Springs, or 130 mile drive to Pocatello, ID for our major shopping, back to school clothes for the kids, and any major expenditures. The money we'd save more than paid the costs of the trip including meals, motel, gas, etc.

There's a lot to like about small-town life...but a lot to dislike as well.

I drove through some strange and creepy places in Wyoming this past summer. populations ~100-200. Totally different world from what I'm used to.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
I really don't live in a town, but the closest one is Pollard, AL.

Population: 118

Ditch?

Unincorporated Trailer?

Lawless wasteland?

What do you call home?

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I once drove through a town where they had a building at the town center that said "Pub, General Store, Inn." They had a "Rescue Station" which just had a truck out front. Yeah...

 

[Uppsala9496]

Rolling Meadows is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the census of 2000, there were 24,607 people, 8,923 households, and 6,174 families residing in the city.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14.1 km²), all of it land.

Not really that obscure though. Northwest suburb of Chicago.
Arlington Heights (neighboring town): A 2003 Census recount gave the village a population of 76,031, the largest for a village in the United States.

 

[vi edit]

Another question to validate your podunkicity...

How big was your high school graduating class?

Mine was 48.

 

[zanejohnson]

Gainesville, TX, pop ~25,000, some people may have heard of it...about an hour N of DFW, on the texas/OK border

 

[Atheus]

can you make google maps tell you approx. how many people are within 10 miles of you?

 

[Uppsala9496]

Originally posted by: vi edit
Another question to validate your podunkicity...

How big was your high school graduating class?

Mine was 48.

120 I think.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Deeko
From Lorane, PA - population 3,213. That's not fair though. Its a part of a township of about 25,000, which is a suburb of a city of about 80,000...and really, the whole area is a part of the Philly metro region depending on who you ask.

And if you would ask anyone within the actual Philly metro region they would say, "What?" and "No."

 

[olds]

We live in the Big City...
Penn Valley, CA
Our home is in Lake Wildwood, population 5000 +

 

[bobsmith1492]

Jugville, MI - population unknown, ~50 or so. It's just a couple of houses...

 

[todpod]

Marienville, PA
Text
Those are the figures for the whole township, Marienville has about 3/4 of the population, The whole county (Forest) has a little over 5000 people.
But we have a fairly new state prison, 1 gas station, a motel and a brand new Dollar General Store. We are also surround by the Allegheny National Forest and Walmart is a short 25 mile drive, Target is about 2 hours. Work is also about 25 miles away but we may be moving closer.

Here is the kicker the road past my house is a snowmobile road so you can drive your snowmobile in front of my house, legally.

 

[SWScorch]

Home town of Floyd, NY. One stop sign, no traffic light, no post office (mailing address was Holland Patent). Population 3800 or so. Mostly farms, lots of kids drove John Deeres or snowmobiles to school.

 

[Fritzo]

Whitehouse OH, population 3000

It's actually a village, not a town. Nice little place too. Kind of like Mayberry from the '50s

 

[Crono]

I live in a village of 3,002 people.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: clamum

Originally posted by: Brigandier
My home base of Engadine has a population of about 500-600 farmers all spread out. They have water, electricity and some houses even get DSL.

Upper Peninsula hey? I'm from/live in Escanaba.

say ya to the UP, eh?

Hahaha. I do use "eh" quite a bit.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Deeko
From Lorane, PA - population 3,213. That's not fair though. Its a part of a township of about 25,000, which is a suburb of a city of about 80,000...and really, the whole area is a part of the Philly metro region depending on who you ask.

And if you would ask anyone within the actual Philly metro region they would say, "What?" and "No."

See Berks County

I personally do not affiliate myself with Philadelphia. It is only in the past years that its started to be considered a part of the Philly metro region - the eastern suburbs of Reading (which is actually where I'm from) has a growing population of people that commute into the city for work.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: NSFW

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: NSFW
Chesire Twp, MI represent!

Its pronounced Cheshur, not like the cat. We have 1 small store and 4 commentaries.

Uh, that is the way the Chesire Cat is pronounced.

Wow...spell check murdered cemeteries.

But if what you are saying is true, then my town is pronounced Chesire with a long i. Everyone explains its the way I did, "Its not pronounced like the cat".

You have me confused. Here's a link to the Cheshire cat pronunciation: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Cheshire+cat

As you can hear, it is NOT pronounced like "Shire" from the Lord of the Rings. It sounds very much like the "cheshur" you reference. So is your whole town mistaken in how Cheshire cat is pronounced, or am I missing something?

 

[Invisible Evil]

Originally posted by: SlitheryDee
Ferriday is pretty small, but we have a website. Says we have a population of 4,111 over 8 square miles.

How cool, I have a home in Monroe, LA!

 

[DrPizza]

I don't win, but close:
Population: 345
Housing Units: 169
Land Area: 11.97 sq. mi.
Density: 28.82 (people per square land mile)

And, we're becoming more technologically advanced here. About 3/4's of those households have electric and running water! We even have a post office!

 

[FelixDeCat]

Interesting thread, but where are the outhouses?