post the most out of the way, small hole in the wall town that you have been to

[LSK]

Meeteetse, Wyoming
or
Tincup, Colorado
or
St Elmo, Colorado

[Left Is Write]

1. Wirt, MN

[Heidi]

2. Nowhere, Colorado. (nt)

[LSK]

4. I have been within 10 miles of there

On the way from Grand Junction to Ouray/Silverton.

[Nicole]

92. Nowhere, Oklahoma.

You didn't have to go to CO! We have our own Nowhere right here in OK. :rofl:

[mark414]

3. El Centro, California

[begin_within]

9. That's a small town? (Nearly 40,000)

[mark414]

10. i know

i was just talking about the part of it that i saw...it's a long story

[SeattleGirl]

5. Noti, Oregon

A general store/gas station and a few houses.

[Zoigal]

69. Just a spit on the road on the way to

Florence...used to live in Alvadore which is about the same,

[SeattleGirl]

75. OMG!!! You lived in Alvadore??? When?

I lived there for awhile in 1979-1980. My BIL was a volunteer firefighter there. He and my sister ran the little store/gas station, and lived behind at the store (living quarters upstairs and behind the store). Wow!!! :wow:

[Zoigal]

77. Hey

Small world...been in that little store many times...we moved there in 85...left in 95. Moved to Eugene in 69.
We lived down on the corner of Spires Lane and the road that cuts off of Clear Lake and goes to Shore Lane (forgot
the name)...loved the area, except for the weather. Pacific Northwest is hard to beat. Assume from your handle that
you are in Seattle...another of our favourite cities. PS Did you know Steve and Betty Avery? (Friends)
Thanks for the note....pat

[SeattleGirl]

78. I think I did know the Avery's.

My sis and BIL got married in the little church out there in Alvadore. They got married during the winter, and it poured down rain that whole day. Nice wedding, anyway.

The first house I lived in in Alvadore was down the street from the church; the second one was directly behind the store. Had no sink in the bathroom, and the only source of heat was a wood burning stove. We bought a space heater after my daughter was born. Kind of "rustic" living in a way, but I loved it anyway.

[LeftyMom]

6. Crescent Valley, Nevada.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Valley,_Nevada

[fishwax]

7. I've been to both of those

but, then, I grew up in wyoming, so I'm all too familiar with out of the way places :)

[Bullwinkle925]

8. Towanda, KS.

[unsavedtrash]

11. a few

Floyd, VA
Ada, OH
Pondville, AL
Bucksnort, AL

[Breeze54]

12. Some little town between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming

I don't remember the name of it but it had a tavern and a horse tied up outside! That was
the first time I ate pepper rings as opposed to onion rings. They were good! My traveling
companion and I got in an argument there and then decided to stop and eat and have a
cold beer. Cool off. I remember there was a lot of info/signs about The Pony Express too.
I also remember that the main road (the only road) was not paved. It was off I-80. :rofl:

[Kutjara]

13. Cuba, Missouri

My dad's car broke down there when we were traveling cross-country in 1971. The town was like something out of the 1940s. Even the prices in the restaurant and store were absurdly low, and the cost of replacing our car's engine was less than it would have cost for a tune-up in L. A. The people were frighteningly friendly and dressed about 20 years out of date too. It was like we'd broken down in Mayberry.

My nine-year-old brain kept playing the Twilight Zone theme the whole time I was there.

[piedmont]

14. Black, AL

on the way from nowhere to nowhere else.

[Jamastiene]

15. Ellerbe, NC

The place only has one stoplight, but I was looking for the nursery to buy some plants. I ended up lost on some dirt road that went on for miles and miles and miles. I went in on a paved road, left on the dirt road and ended up in the same place. That was one odd all day trip from the twilight zone. I saw 2 deer, 3 rabbits, several snakes, and I don't know what else in the woods as I drove and drove, just praying for something close to civilization to come back to my life. I'll never go to that town alone again. Whew!

[rug]

16. Meat Cove, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Allegedly deer would be driven over a cliff there, whereupon the carcasses would be butchered for food.

[hyphenate]

43. How funny!

My answers below cite Cape Breton as well! My mom's home is there--I spent many summers on the old farm.

[wildhorses]

17. cat square, nc

and now i just gave it away:cry:

[Maine-ah]

18. Jackman, Maine

population: 718

here's where you can stay when you go there...

http://www.johnsfourseasons.com/trailers.html

[fight4my3sons]

41. you're not kidding!

When we first moved to Maine 2 1/2 yrs ago my husband made me drive all the way up there from Wiscasset because someone told him that we were guaranteed to see a moose. Well, we didn't see a moose and the whole way home we had 9 month old twins screaming in the back of the car. We stopped at that little store/gas station in Jackman to fuel up and get some snacks before driving back home.

[greatauntoftriplets]

64. Oh Lord, I once passed through that town.

Note the term, passed through. It didn't take long.

[LaurenG]

19. Oro Grande, New Mexico and Glenns Ferry, Idaho, Rabbit Hash, Ky

but there are several others.

[Hugin]

22. Claunch, NM

Makes Oro Grande look like New York City. :rofl:

Then there's always Willard, NM... Home of the Piggot Building.

[LaurenG]

26. Wow I had to look that up and then realized I've driven right by that place a few times

:o

[Arkansas Granny]

20. Hornet, MO.

When I grew up near there it consisted of a few houses, a seldom used community building and a cemetary. There used to be a small grocery store, but it closed when the owner retired.

[darkstar]

53. Home of the Spook Light, right?

I used to live in Joplin and we'd dive out to see it. Saw it every time on some 4-5 trips.

:hi:

[Arkansas Granny]

59. That's the place. I can't tell you how many times I've been out to

see the Spook Light. Was the "museum" still there when you went? There used to be an old who wrote poems about the Spook Light and had a little shack there with infomation, snacks, etc. Sometimes he'd sing a song or two that he had written. The last time I was there was back in the 60's.

:hi:

[malta blue]

21. I have been to Meeteetse, Wyoming!!!

:bounce:

I haven't heard mention of it in about 20 years, but yes, I have been there!

My small town list includes

Plymouth, WI
and
Shushan, NY

[Scout]

23. McCook, Nebraska n/t

[hippywife]

24. The one I'm living in!

It doesn't even have it's own post office.

[ThatsMyBarack]

25. South Park, CO!

I drove through it once (round-trip). I couldn't find any weird cutout cartoon characters, though. I think they were all sleeping. ;)

[rockymountaindem]

94. Small correction: South Park is not a town.

It is a geographical region. The main town in SP is Fairplay, but you can also visit the towns of Hartsel and Alma, which each have fewer than 200 residents. I've been to all three, but never all three on the same trip out there. SP is a very interesting place to explore, that's for sure. Coming over Independence Pass is quite a view, and the ride down to Colorado Springs has some very cool topography and geological formations. I ought to camp out there sometime, but this whole college thing keeps interfering :)

[Rhythm]

27. Bat Cave, NC

It's along US 74, on the route between Charlotte and Ashville. It's in the mountains near Lake Lure, and the drive is incredible.

[wildeyed]

70. Bat Cave is cool.

I've been there, too :)

[YankeyMCC]

28. US: Show Low, AZ

International: Visby Sweden

[Doubting Thomas]

89. but...

Show Low has a Super Wal-Mart!

[flvegan]

29. Howey In the Hills, Florida

[bearfan454]

30. Toto Indiana

Went to Joey's wallpaper store there.

[Frank Cannon]

31. Uncertain, Texas

On Caddo Lake.

[musette_sf]

52. Cut And Shoot, Texas

near Conroe.

(and fyi, i once knew a guy from Uncertain)

[Maiden England]

80. ahh, but their HOG chapter has the coolest name ever (nt)

[NMDemDist2]

32. the winner of that has to be

Kantishna Alaska

runners up would be

Ennis Montana and Bridgeport California

and then there's Gad, West Virginia too.....

[Coyote_Bandit]

33. Luckenbach Texas

Population 3

:hippie:

[Rhythm]

73. Does that include Willie, Waylon, and the boys?

[Coyote_Bandit]

84. I'm told

that you can rent the whole place for special events and weddings and such. If you want apparently you can rent Willie as well. The town is privately owned.

[SKKY]

34. Cochese, Arizona...

...My Grandparents used to own a ranch there, and that's where I spent my summers when I was a little boy.

[bertha katzenengel]

35. Clinton, OK

Where my dad & uncle were born. The grew up in Corn.

[mzteris]

36. Ty Ty, Georgia and Webb, AL

Ty Ty had precisely one gas station/"grocery".

Webb, AL between the "welcome to" and "You are leaving sign" was about 6 six car lengths.

[SPKrazy]

46. Ty Ty?

?? stuttered??

:shrug:

funny name

:hi:

[mike_c]

37. lots of good ones in northern california....

Forks of Salmon, CA

Happy Camp, CA

O'Brien, CA

Orleans, CA

Burnt Ranch, CA

Cecilville, CA

The list is pretty endless....

[bif]

38. Hora Sfakion, Crete

[ContraBass Black]

39. Sneedville, TN

[hyphenate]

40. Rhyolite, Nevada

Not far from Beatty, Nevada.

Crestline, California

Creignish, Cape Breton
Long Point, Cape Breton
Centennial, Cape Breton
hell, most of Cape Breton!

[Joe Fields]

44. I used to go to Rhyolite quite often, when I lived in Pahrump.

It's just a few miles from Beatty, where I had a few advertising accounts.

[Joe Fields]

42. Cow Springs Arizona

[marzipanni]

45. Comptche, California

All roads lead to Comptche. The secret is finding the road that exits the small and wonderfully seductive hamlet.

[undeterred]

47. Bradford, PA

Home of Zippo lighters

[davsand]

48. Grape Creek (Pronounced as Crick) Illinois.

I swear I have NEVER seen anything like it in my life. Even the area locals get freaked out about going there.

We went to a bar there called Rosie's that has been standing since prohibition when it was a Blind Pig. As we walked in they introduced me to the bartender called (an I am NOT making this up!) Raymond the Pollack. I said "Nice to meet you Raymond" and he responded with "NO, it is Raymond the POLLACK" like it was his last name or something.

When they talked to me, the first question every one of them asked me was "What ARE you" meaning what country did my forefathers come from. Finally, after about the third of fourth time I got asked that I responded by asking "WHY has everyone in here asked me that?"

The response:

"It helps us decide how to feel abut you."

Yep. I was there and I walked out alive.


Laura

[dysfunctional press]

49. yeehaw junction, fla.

about halfway between orlando and port st. lucie- it has a truck stop, motel, and a stuckey's. (at least it did the time i was there)

[hellbound-liberal]

68. I used to drive through Yeehaw Junction on my way from FSU to Okeechobee

several times a year!I don't think it has changed much lately. No real reason to. We used to know when we were getting close to okeechobee when we started to smell the cow manure.

[KitchenWitch]

50. Drove by Zzyzx California

[crim son]

51. The list of such towns in Maine is endless.

I've passed through a bunch of areas known only by a number. :scared:

[SPKrazy]

54. Just About Anywhere Arkansas

well there are a lot of places in Arkansas that you'd never find on a map.

places where even the Methodists handle snakes.

:rofl:

[cloudbase]

55. West, TX

Near Waco. Drove out there once to look at a car for sale. It's miles from nowhere.

[fudge stripe cookays]

60. Been thru it about a bazillion times on the highway.

Down here, nothing is miles from nowhere unless it's MILES from the interstate.

[u4ic]

56. Marianna Lakes

In northern Alberta. At the time it consisted of one gas station/restaurant, one house and one trailer. It was about 100 km from any other town, north or south - east or west was only boreal forest.

Now it's probably larger (more trailers), due to its proximity to Fort McMurray, and the 0% vacancy rate there.

I've been to more one horse towns than I can remember - I've done a lot of travelling across much of Canada by car. Marianna Lakes is by far the smallest.

[treestar]

57. Lone Pine, California

[HawkerHurricane]

72. Lone Pine?

Shoot, you mean you missed the town of Owen on scenic Owen's Lake, just down the road from Lone Pine?

Oh, and Trona, CA.

[Doubting Thomas]

90. Ah, Trona

There's a Hell-hole if there ever was one. The only industry is processing borax from the salts in the dry lake. And the smell!

[Xipe Totec]

58. Quemado, Texas

Highway 277
1.5 miles E of the Rio Grande
18 miles NW of Eagle Pass
Population 426 (1990) 243 (2000)

http://www.texasescapes.com/SouthTexasTowns/QuemadoTexas.htm

[Monk06]

61. Churchill Manitoba

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

62. Debs, Minnesota.

http://abstusa.com/mn/debs/map

Named after Eugene V. Debs.

[LibDemAlways]

63. Not really a town, but the most desolate area I've ever been to:

Panamint Valley, CA in the Mojave desert - makes Death Valley look like a metropolis.

http://www.totalescape.com/tripez/trips/panvlly.html

[HawkerHurricane]

85. Well, no wonder...

It's one valley west of Death Valley.
Death Valley looks busier for two reasons...
1. Death Valley is a National Park.
2. Panamint Valley is a Naval Weapons Range.

Get lost in Death Valley, Park Rangers look for you.
Get lost in Panamint Valley, and Forward Air Controllers call airstrikes on you.

[datasuspect]

65. carroll, iowa or galesburg illinois

or where i live right now

[Zoigal]

66. Great little town..

Lillooet, British Columbia

If you go there be sure and check out the French Bakery (if it's still there)

[greendog]

67. Hell's Half Acre, Wyoming

[carly denise pt deux]

71. Dora, NM

Carly

[Qanisqineq]

74. Grand Rapids, ND

there is a bar, a church, a few houses, and a sometimes open restaurant. I grew up 1/2 mile from the town.

[KitchenWitch]

76. Cisco, Utah

No services

[Maiden England]

79. lajitas, tx

the mayor is an old goat, literally



other than that, Mr Sloppy hails from Appleton City, MO. Now thats small town right there.

[Throckmorton]

81. Sheerness Alberta

Just down the road from the thriving metropolis of Hanna Alberta, in the heart of the "Big Sky" country.

[Random_Australian]

82. Woodenbong, Bundaberg, Woolgoolga, Goonellebah, Woodburn, Kyogle

Killarney, Jimboomba, Unumgar, Yarrahappini National Park.....

I think I win. :)

[MilesColtrane]

83. Johnston Atoll

1400 kms west of Hawaii...a rock in the Pacific that's just slightly smaller than one square mile in area. They did have a bar and a landing strip.


I'd also include Thurso, Scotland....the Gateway to Orkney!
Not extremely small (pop. 7,000 and change when I was there), but certainly out of the way. It's the northernmost town on the British mainland.
Just take the A9 north until it runs out.

...and, of course, beautiful Panmunjeom, Korea.
Half of the locals there weren't very friendly.

[enigmatic]

86. Custer, SD and Indian Cabins, Alberta

Wow.

[blitzen]

87. Not counting ghost towns...Fields, OR

from the Harney County website:

"Fields is about as far as one can get from anywhere – 112 miles south of Burns, and a long, long way from anywhere else. The old stone roadhouse still stands, remodeled as a store and restaurant. The stone horse barn is still in use, although it has partly collapsed. The stationmaster’s tiny cabin with walls of sawed stone and a sod roof, long unused, reminds the passerby of pioneer times."

[Doubting Thomas]

88. Rachel, NV

[Alexander]

91. Clark Fork, Idaho

Population: 530

[SarahB]

93. Ong, Nebraska

According to Wikipedia, "As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 67 people, 34 households, and 17 families residing in the village. The population density was 92.4/km² (238.4/mi²). There were 42 housing units at an average density of 57.9/km² (149.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 100.00% White"

I want a prize. :D