A non political question for those inclined toward thought and research .....

[Stinky The Clown]

What is the smallest 'famous' city you can think of?

Just as an example, I think everyone has heard of Nome, Alaska.

Nome, Alaska has a population of barely 4,000 persons.

So ...... what is the smallest 'famous' city you can think of?

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Intercourse, PA?

Population 1000.

[UrbScotty]

5. I thought it would have only 69 people

[MannyGoldstein]

10. That's Why It's Called Inter...

Oh, nevermind.

[UrbScotty]

21. Let me guess - there would be only 69 people

...except that the residents like to...

[John Q. Citizen]

2. Tierra del Fuego? It seems geography may have a lot to do with this.

[FARAFIELD]

3. Hooterville

if not that one is sesame street a small town?

[ColbertWatcher]

4. Hell, Michigan, population: 266! n/t

[Clear Blue Sky]

6. Timbuktu...

In Africa.

Per Wikepedia, the country is Mali and the population is in the 30-40K range.

[ben_meyers]

7. Fertile Woman Dies in Climax!

The town of Fertile, population 853, sits about 19 miles southeast of Crookston on state highway 32; Climax, with 273 listed residents, sits to the west of there on US 75, some thirty miles away. An elderly lady from the former small town expired in the latter, leading to an obituary caption in the paper that read, in bold letters: "Fertile Woman Dies in Climax." Probably the longest-lived journalistic gaffe in the entire state, and one that must have brought at least mortification to its author. You'd hope so anyway.

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/prairiehome/russ/2004/01/24/index.shtml

[Maddy McCall]

8. Booger Hollow, Arkansas. "population 7, countin' one coon dog."

[stellanoir]

9. I hail from the dinkiest state (by mileage) with the longest name

the State of Providence Plantations and Rhode Island. It's mostly not an Island.

It's also not a racial slur. We were slave traders not slave owners. My family were farmers and ministers pretty much.

I met a women in her 80's at a fund raiser I was working at a local Historical site, who was a descendant of the Brown family. Her elder brother was with her.

They had a hysterical dynamic.

She was smoking and smoking was banned. He admonished her for it. She said, "Oh I've been trying to burn this place down for 70 years."

LOL

I got her a cup of water to incinerate her ashes but thought it was so funny.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. Frasier, Colorado

Population just over 900. Used to be "the nation's icebox."

[KSinTX]

12. Luckenbach, Texas

Population 3 2.

[Subdivisions]

15. I'll second that. I was there one night

years ago and was looking all over the place for it. Realized the feed store parking lot where I was parked, while looking at the map trying to locate it, was actually the town of Luchenbach - the WHOLE town!

[Hissyspit]

25. Oh, no! Who died?

[KSinTX]

31. Article didn't say who died

But that was back in 2000. In 2002 (remember those pics of houses floating down the Guadaloupe?) floods wiped out the historic cotton gin as well. Still has the main Post Office/Store our Texas Explorer referred to upthread!

[lumberjack_jeff]

13. Humptulips, WA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humptulips

[RazBerryBeret]

14. Crawford Texas.

population 789

[KSinTX]

16. OP said 'famous' not 'infamous' LOL!

Home of His Royal Fraudulency, 2001-2009.

[RazBerryBeret]

18. it was just the smallest town I could think of

that all of us have heard of....NOT for a good reason!!!
Poor citizens of Crawford--what a distinction. and that's going to stick with them!!!

[KSinTX]

32. I know ... and we get the distinction of having made him governor!

Good post! Glad we got to chat

[Mz Pip]

17. Boring, OR

Don't know if it's famous but it is small and I sure remember driving by it.

[Blue_In_AK]

19. Hey, I'm going to Nome, Alaska,

next March for the finish of the Iditarod. :) I'll post pictures.

[Kali]

20. Tombstone AZ!

Everybody on the planet has heard of it. Doesn't even have a single stoplight. Population 1,570.

[FARAFIELD]

22. WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!!

[kentuck]

23. Cripple Creek, Colorado...

Old gold-mining town on the other side of Pikes Peak that is now a getaway for the local gamblers. I can recall a few years ago when the burros would stand in the middle of the streets and we would go up after a good rain and look for the turquoise in the middle of the dirt streets. It has not changed for the better.

[Heathen57]

24. The burros are still there, just not on the main street as much

Until my wife couldn't stand the altitude (over 10,000 ft.) we used to go up there several times during the summer.

You are right though, It isn't the same sleepy town that it used to be. Gone are the antique shops and the corner gas/grocery. Fortunately, just 13 miles away is Victor, and it still has the old charm. Dusty old shops, and the best ice cream you will find in the county.

[krispos42]

26. Nemo, South Dakota

Everybody was trying it find it a couple of years ago... :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo%2C_SD

[yewberry]

27. How about Dixville Notch, NH (population 75)?

Home of the midnight primary voting and the polls that close one minute later.

Hart's Location (population 32) does the same thing, but Dixville Notch is better known.

[Occulus]

28. Hell, MI. n/t

ColbertWatcher posted it, too. I posted before I read.

[Pineywoods Sam]

29. North Pole, Alaska

[Perry Logan]

30. Lilliputia.

[NashVegas]

33. Nome Is Famous?

For what?