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Tag Archives: hamlets
City/town names in USA/Canada that end with matching letters
In anticipation of preparing this post, it was never imagined that it would take more than a week of research/compilation and that there would be so many examples across the United States and Canada. In fact, this is the first … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cities, Communications, geography, history, Language, place names, States, Statistics, topography, toponymy
Tagged Canada, Census designated places, cities, fun, geography, hamlets, history, localities, towns, tribal communities, unincorporated communiites, USA, villages
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Largest h-y-p-h-e-n-a-t-e-d city/town by state or province
Continuing with the recent theme of hyphenated cities and towns, the following list identified the largest hyphenated city or town in each state, Canadian province, or territory. As with previous posts on this subject, the population data pertains to the … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cities, civics, culture, demographics, fun, geography, history, place names, placemaking, planning, States, Statistics, topography
Tagged Canada, CDPs, Census designated places, cities, demographics, geography, hamlets, place names, placenames, USA, villages
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Smallest “city” named community from each state
The following list identifies those communities from each state that have the smallest population while also including the term “city” in their name. They are listed below from smallest to largest. The population data is based on the most recent … Continue reading
Posted in cities, fun, geography, history, place names, Statistics, toponymy, tourism, Travel
Tagged CDPs, Census designated places, cities, geography, hamlets, population, towns, villages
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“Small towns?” – Who are they kidding?
With all apologies to Business Insider, since when are cities that exceed 100,000 in population, or even exceeding 60,000 in population, considered to be “small towns?” At least they included the population of each community in their list of the ten … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, Communications, density, geography, land use, planning, urban planning, writing
Tagged Burnsville, cities, Denton, geography, hamlets, land use, planning, population, small towns, suburbs, urban, urban planning
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Your community is a village when…
Everyone is a member of the Village People. The whole village enjoys going to the Y-M-C-A! Goldilocks thinks a small town is much too big and a hamlet is much too small, but a village is just right. It has … Continue reading
Posted in cities, civics, civility, culture, entertainment, fun, geography, history, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, music, placemaking, planning, politics, satire, spatial design, urban planning, video
Tagged cities, Goldilocks, Greenwich Village, hamlets, Hillary Clinton, planning, sature, towns, Village People, Village Voice, villages, YMCA
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