What's the Smallest Town in the US?

[AgentSun]

i've been trying to find this tidbit of information, but i haven't been able to. i want to find the smallest town and go to it...just to see what goes on.

i've been looking at http://www.city-data.com and it's proven to be really awesome. they have lists of the smallest towns, by state. they list small town by less than 1,000 in population. there's one town with 201 people and .3 square miles of land. i suck at math but even i know that's really tiny. look up your town!

this is mine:

Population (year 2000): 48,661
Males: 24,037 (49.4%), Females: 24,624 (50.6%)

Land area: 9.7 square miles

Median resident age: 31.1 years
Median household income: $71,232 (year 2000)
Median house value: $167,000 (year 2000)

Races:

* White Non-Hispanic (64.8%)
* Hispanic (9.2%)
* Black (8.9%)
* Korean (4.2%)
* Other race (3.6%)
* Asian Indian (3.5%)
* Two or more races (3.4%)
* Chinese (2.0%)
* Vietnamese (1.7%)
* Other Asian (1.3%)
* Filipino (1.3%)
* American Indian (0.7%)


i'm in that 2%! hahaha.

[BrowderChick]

My guess would be Star City, MI.... :dunno:

[AgentSun]

what's the population? so far the lowest number i've found is 201. but i haven't looked at all 50 states, i've looked at maybe 6.

[BrowderChick]

My home town isnt even on this list at all. :dunno:

[BrowderChick]

what's the population? so far the lowest number i've found is 201. but i haven't looked at all 50 states, i've looked at maybe 6.
HAHA Star City doesnt reall have much of a population at all. I will guess at 5 tops. But it is a real place. My Grandpa was born there.

[AgentSun]

eek. i looked on google and it says that in 1991, the guiness book of world records has Duffield, VA as the smallest town in VA, with 52 people.

BC, try looking in the "small towns" list. they put small towns (less than 1000) in a seperate list.

[BrowderChick]

eek. i looked on google and it says that in 1991, the guiness book of world records has Duffield, VA as the smallest town in VA, with 52 people.

BC, try looking in the "small towns" list. they put small towns (less than 1000) in a seperate list.
Not in there.

[AgentSun]

hm, well i guess a lot of cities got left out if they couldn't get info on them.

[AgentSun]

its kinda funny that my boyfriend's trip this weekend is to a county whose population (of the whole county) is less than the population of my one city. kinda scary too.

[LT Garrix]

There was something in a recent National Geographic (last 2-3 months) talking about the town that is at the geographic center of the lower 48 states and it had something like 30 people. I'm not sure if it's still classified as a town though. I'd have to dig around and see if I can find that issue.

[grinner]

where I live now (http://www.city-data.com/city/Grand-Rapids-Michigan.html)
where I grew up (http://www.city-data.com/city/Elmhurst-Illinois.html)
where I was born (http://www.city-data.com/city/Cicero-Illinois.html)

[Emeraldcity]

Fortine, Montana.......population 18........ at least it did about 10 years ago..... might be up to 30 by now..... LOL

[Emeraldcity]

its kinda funny that my boyfriend's trip this weekend is to a county whose population (of the whole county) is less than the population of my one city. kinda scary too.

Where is he going........Australia?? ;) :D

[AgentSun]

no, a county in wv. population 34,453

[eta_carinae]

Here's the city I live in now. Been here about a year:

Westminster (http://www.city-data.com/city/Westminster-Colorado.html)

where I lived for the 5 years prior to that (and therefore during the last census):

Boulder (http://www.city-data.com/city/Boulder-Colorado.html)

[Third EYe]

I'm glad you escaped Boulder unharmed, that's a tought town.

[bubblez]

hometown not listed...

... but, by zip code..

Population (2000): 1,398
Housing units: 541
Land area: 21.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

White population: 1359
Black population: 2
American Indian population: 4
Asian population: 23
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 1
Two or more races population: 9

Urban population: 0
Rural population: 1398

Median age: 36.1
Average household size: 2.70
Median household income (1999): $37857

[Antrobus]

Isn't there a town in NH that has like 7-8 voters? They vote right after midnight. I can't remember the name of it right now.

[JadedLegend3]

Here's where I live, pretty small with about 3,000 people: http://www.city-data.com/city/Parkesburg-Pennsylvania.html

[samati75]

Where I was born: Fresno, CA (http://www.city-data.com/city/Fresno-California.html) pop. 427,652

Where I grew up: Gonzales, LA (http://www.city-data.com/city/Gonzales-Louisiana.html) pop. 8,156 (couldn't find Galvez or Prairieville; I don't think they are incorporated...)

Where I live now: Casselberry, FL (http://www.city-data.com/city/Casselberry-Florida.html) pop. 22,629 (But it's just a community of Orlando, different county, tho.)

[eta_carinae]

I'm glad you escaped Boulder unharmed, that's a tought town.

I'd call it an expensive place to live, more than anything :)

[generic_screenname]

Weymouth (http://www.city-data.com/city/Weymouth-Massachusetts.html)

Population (year 2000): 53,988
Males: 25,640 (47.5%), Females: 28,348 (52.5%)

Elevation: 90 feet

County: Norfolk

Zip codes: .

Median resident age: 38.4 years
Median household income: $51,665 (year 2000)
Median house value: $182,700 (year 2000)

New: Weymouth, MA residents, houses, and apartments details

Races in Weymouth:

* White Non-Hispanic (94.0%)
* Black (1.4%)
* Hispanic (1.3%)
* Two or more races (1.2%)
* Other race (0.6%)
* Asian Indian (0.5%)

Ancestries: Irish (39.9%), Italian (17.7%), English (12.9%), German (5.3%), United States (4.9%), French (4.1%).

Now I live in Quincy (http://www.city-data.com/city/Quincy-Massachusetts.html)
Population (year 2000): 88,025, Est. population in July 2002: 89,187 (+1.3% change)
Males: 41,944 (47.7%), Females: 46,081 (52.3%)

Elevation: 20 feet

County: Norfolk

Land area: 16.8 square miles

Zip codes: .

Median resident age: 37.6 years
Median household income: $47,121 (year 2000)
Median house value: $185,700 (year 2000)

New: Quincy, MA residents, houses, and apartments details

Races in Quincy:

* White Non-Hispanic (78.4%)
* Chinese (10.4%)
* Black (2.2%)
* Hispanic (2.1%)
* Vietnamese (1.9%)
* Two or more races (1.8%)
* Asian Indian (1.3%)
* Other race (0.9%)
* Other Asian (0.7%)
* Filipino (0.6%)

Ancestries: Irish (34.2%), Italian (13.5%), English (7.5%), German (4.8%), French (3.3%), Polish (2.9%).

[Lord Loser]

Smallest town, you say? Hmmm...

That would have to be Small, Idaho. I don't know the current population, but back when Butch and Kevin were off riding broncs, when they came home the population doubled. Actually, if you think about it, everyone that lives in Small is a Small too, so that would definately make it the Small-est town in the US, if not the world...

[BrowderChick]

That makes perfect sense. :D

[Antrobus]

My birthplace and once again hometown

Population (year 2000): 1,626
Males: 778 (47.8%), Females: 848 (52.2%)
Elevation: 168 feet

County: Lincoln

Median resident age: 41.6 years
Median household income: $39,805 (year 2000)
Median house value: $122,300 (year 2000)

Races in Nobleboro:

* White Non-Hispanic (98.2%)
* Two or more races (0.7%)

Ancestries: English (27.7%), United States (14.9%), German (11.9%), Irish (11.2%), French (6.1%), Scottish (5.5%).

English (27.7%), United States (14.9%)

What's the difference between English and United States?

[AgentSun]

my boyfriend claims the smallest town is trout, wv, which has about 30 people...the church there, he says, had their biggest attendance at about 55 people, and that was due to a family reunion.

antrobus, i think the difference is between english (as in england) born and people whose lineage goes back far enough to be of the US. english (england) would refer to people whose lineage goes back for maybe only a few generations in that area, before being traced back to england. the US natives would probably be traced back centuries before reaching their real country of origin. maybe i'm wrong.

[eta_carinae]

That sounds like a pretty good explaination to me...

[BillFrugge]

What's the smallest town? There's quite a few in my area. Plum Tree, Indiana is about the size of an intersection. (I think it's a total of 6 houses.) Ney, Ohio is actually a good size town, covering just over one intersection with its own school. (They've even got a flashing four way stoplight.)

Since this thread is turning into a listing of where we've lived, here's a few of the places I've lived. (More than 1 year each, and in no particular order...)

Blissfield, Michigan (http://www.city-data.com/city/Blissfield-Michigan.html)
Meridian, Mississippi (http://www.city-data.com/city/Meridian-Mississippi.html)
Lexington Park, Maryland (http://www.city-data.com/city/Lexington-Park-Maryland.html)
Bluffton, IN (http://www.city-data.com/city/Bluffton-Indiana.html)
Richmond, Indiana (http://www.city-data.com/city/Richmond-Indiana.html)
Fort Wayne, Indiana (http://www.city-data.com/city/Fort-Wayne-Indiana.html)
Orange Park, Florida (http://www.city-data.com/city/Orange-Park-Florida.html)
Brunswick, Maine (http://www.city-data.com/city/Brunswick-Maine.html)

There's a lot more, but I can't remember them right now. Plus, there are no links for countries like Iceland.

As far as my birthplace goes, that's in Canada. Again, no link...

[AgentSun]

wow, that's a lot of places! i've only lived in about 3 areas of virginia, all within half an hour of each other...

[vikingscaper]

The city that I was born in and my favorite city: St. Paul, MN (http://www.city-data.com/city/St.-Paul-Minnesota.html)

My hometown from 1980-1989: Maplewood, MN (http://www.city-data.com/city/Maplewood-Minnesota.html)

My current hometown: St. Croix Falls, WI (http://www.city-data.com/city/St.-Croix-Falls-Wisconsin.html)

[LT Garrix]

I've generally lived in larger communities. Places where it was over a year are:

Leominster, MA
Great Lakes, IL
San Antonio, TX (where I call home, lived there for 12 years)
Annapolis, MD
Newport, RI
Suffolk, VA
Monterey, CA
Newport, RI (again)
San Diego, CA

I'm really too lazy to look them all up. Monterey is probably the smallest, but still has like 40,000 or so.

San Antonio is the most interesting because I am a minority there. I feel like I should be a minority here in SD, but they don't count the illegals and probably not the legal immigrants either. This site professes that only 25% of the population here is Hispanic. I find that hard to believe.

[JadedLegend3]

Ahhh, Annapolis. Home of sailors. ;)

[LT Garrix]

Yup. Four years by the Bay, not seeing much of Annapolis, other than a few bars. ;)

[JadedLegend3]

hahaha Nice! :) I'm only about 2 hours away from that wonderful city. If you come east, let me know. We'll go catch some sailors.

Actually, I went to a women's college, and we shipped in the Navy boys for dances. <sigh> Good times. :innocent:

[BillFrugge]

wow, that's a lot of places! i've only lived in about 3 areas of virginia, all within half an hour of each other...

I was raised in a military household. For 15 years we would be stationed in a new place each year. You get used to it.

My job takes me all over the state of Indiana, and into Ohio and Illinois. I run into people who have never even left their county once in their whole life. I can't imagine that. (Maybe that's Indiana)

[AyuRocks]

Let's see.. where I grew up -

Population (year 2000): 100,545, Est. population in July 2002: 100,341 (-0.2% change)
Males: 48,718 (48.5%), Females: 51,827 (51.5%)

Elevation: 638 feet

Land area: 35.7 square miles

Median resident age: 40.2 years
Median household income: $63,018 (year 2000)
Median house value: $161,800 (year 2000)

White Non-Hispanic (94.1%)
Hispanic (1.7%)
Two or more races (1.1%)
Black (0.9%)
Asian Indian (0.6%)
American Indian (0.6%)
Chinese (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (22.7%), Polish (18.0%), Irish (16.4%), English (11.9%), Italian (9.2%), French (5.5%).

Where I was born -

Population (year 2000): 102,361, Est. population in July 2002: 101,867 (-0.5% change)
Males: 52,086 (50.9%), Females: 50,275 (49.1%)

Elevation: 88 feet

Land area: 18.4 square miles

Median resident age: 33.4 years
Median household income: $69,466 (year 2000)
Median house value: $396,500 (year 2000)

White Non-Hispanic (48.3%)
Hispanic (16.0%)
Asian Indian (8.6%)
Other race (6.9%)
Filipino (5.7%)
Chinese (5.1%)
Two or more races (5.0%)
Vietnamese (4.7%)
Black (2.3%)
Korean (2.2%)
Japanese (1.6%)
Other Asian (1.3%)
American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (9.9%), Irish (7.6%), English (7.1%), Italian (5.7%), Portuguese (3.9%), United States (3.0%).

Where I'm heading of to for College -

Population (year 2000): 46,525, Est. population in July 2002: 46,272 (-0.7% change)
Males: 22,377 (48.1%), Females: 24,148 (51.9%)

Land area: 11.2 square miles

Median resident age: 21.7 years
Median household income: $28,217 (year 2000)
Median house value: $144,300 (year 2000)

White Non-Hispanic (79.4%)
Black (7.4%)
Hispanic (2.7%)
Chinese (2.5%)
Korean (2.1%)
Two or more races (2.1%)
Asian Indian (1.4%)
Other Asian (1.1%)
Other race (1.0%)
American Indian (0.7%)
Japanese (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (20.8%), Irish (12.3%), English (10.1%), Polish (8.5%), Italian (6.3%), French (3.5%).

[LT Garrix]

hahaha Nice! :) I'm only about 2 hours away from that wonderful city. If you come east, let me know. We'll go catch some sailors.

Actually, I went to a women's college, and we shipped in the Navy boys for dances. <sigh> Good times. :innocent:

I remember them shipping girls in for dances out at the Academy. They were, well, uh, unceremoniously called "Pig Pushes". Ah memories. Of course there is something said for being a girl at a place that is 80% male. That wasn't one of the reasons I went there though. ;) No, really, it wasn't. :D Though I did catch me my sailor, 8+ years married now.

Since I'm already off topic we went to a friends wedding at it was us and the parents of the bride and groom that were the people married longest. Pretty much everyone else there had been married less than five years.

[trinamick]

Eli, NE has 7 people. Sparks, NE has five. Sparks also has a store and a post office and a canoe rental. Quite the metropolis.

[BrowderChick]

I have pics of Star City and I dont think there are many there as there is only 3 buildings. :dunno: