# How many of the smallest cities in your state have you been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308 "2014-06-08T01:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/21 "2014-06-08T22:21:16Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’ve been to the smallest incorporated village in New York – Dering Harbor, with a population of 11. And, no, it’s not a dying little ghost town; it’s one of the wealthiest villages in the state. It consists of a handful of very expensive houses whose owners years ago decided to incorporate so that the town government couldn’t boss them around. I haven’t been to Dering Harbor (I hadn’t even heard of it before your post) but I have been to Sherrill. Sherrill’s claim to fame is that it’s the smallest city in New York. In reality, it’s just an average sized town that happens to be incorporated as a city. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/22 "2014-06-08T22:34:51Z")
Towns with a population of 500 or less with which I’m familiar: Waldo Bayfield Butternut Egg Harbor Gratiot Kellnersville Lyndon Station Ourtown Amsterdam New Fane New Prospect Elmore Ashford I thought of listing all towns under 1000 with which I was familiar, but there were too damn many of them. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/23 "2014-06-08T22:52:45Z")
There are just too many I’ve been to in Texas, especially if you count just driving through. So instead, I will list my favorite - Round Top. It is undoubtedly the star of Texas small towns. I’ve been there many times. Despite a population of only 80, they have the renowned Round Top Festival Institute (classical music), the University of Texas Shakespeare at Winedale acting program, and the Round Top Antiques Fair (huge, and in its 47th year). Also not to be missed is Royers Round Top Cafe (seats 40), known for its gourmet comfort food and home-made pies. Their slogan is “Eat Mo’ Pie”. People regularly drive an hour or more from Houston and Austin to eat there. Reservations must be made well in advance during the antique fair, Shakespeare festival or the music institute’s summer performances. It’s a beautiful little town with many historic homes and buildings, and bed-n’-breakfast inns like **[this one](http://www.belleofroundtop.com/content.aspx)**. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/24 "2014-06-08T22:56:40Z")
Georgia has 535 incorporated cities. Of the 20 smallest, I’ve been to/through the following (population listed, according to 2010 census): Riverside 35 Rest Haven 63 Talking Rock 64 Tarrytown 87 Gay 88 Manassas 96 Aldora 103 Geneva 104 Bellville 124 Vernonburg 126 Daisy 130 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/25 "2014-06-08T23:08:38Z")
Only 11 under 500 in New Jersey. I’ve been to or through 6 of them. **Municipality \_\_\_\_\_ County\_Pop in 2010 Municipal Type** Tavistock \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Camden\_\_\_\_\_5\_\_Borough _Never heard of_ Pine Valley \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Camden\_\_\_\_12\_\_Borough _no_ Walpack Township \_\_Sussex\_\_\_\_16\_\_Township _no_ Teterboro \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Bergen\_\_\_\_67\_\_Borough _Yes_ Loch Arbour \_\_\_\_\_\_\_Monmouth\_194\_Village _Yes_ Cape May Point \_\_\_\_Cape May\_\_291\_Borough _Yes_ Mantoloking \_\_\_\_\_\_\_Ocean\_\_\_\_296\_\_Borough _Yes_ Harvey Cedars \_\_\_\_\_Ocean\_\_\_\_337\_\_Borough _No_ Millstone \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Somerset\_418\_\_Borough _Yes_ Corbin City \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Atlantic\_\_\_492\_\_City _No_ Allenhurst \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Monmouth\_496\_\_Borough _Yes_ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/26 "2014-06-09T00:05:58Z")
I’m just wondering if the OP was looking for “small towns” or “smallest incorporated cities”. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/27 "2014-06-09T00:06:54Z")
> [@Twoflower](#): > > For California, I’ve been to: > > … > > But not to: > Vernon > Industry > Tehama > Etna > Fort Jones > Bradbury > Blue Lake > Irwindale > Montague I think the Blue Line has a Vernon Station, so I’ve been there lots of times. It simply looks like another part of South Central. I went to a company meeting once at their City of Industry branch. Just by chance, I was on a train once that stopped at Commerce station, just outside L.A. I hadn’t known there was one, or that the train I was on ever stopped there. Incidentally, City of Commerce was planned as the locale for numerous factories and other industrial enterprises which employ thousands of people, but has a resident population of about 125. After the Bell Gardens scandal, there are some in Sacramento who would like to see Commerce dis-incorporated, and they’ve drafted an addendum to the civic incorporation prerequisites that the town has to have at least 150 residents. Commerce is the only place that would be affected. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/28 "2014-06-09T00:11:02Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > Carlin is a metropolis compared to places like Rachel. Carlin’s population is 2,368 and is the 16th largest city in the state. Small towns in Nevada have fewer than 50 people. > > Small town in Nevada (Denio Junction): > > [http://deniojunctionmotel.com/images/560\_IMG\_4668-Dfx.jpg](http://deniojunctionmotel.com/images/560_IMG_4668-Dfx.jpg) I once passed through [Lida, NV](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lida,_Nevada#mediaviewer/File:Lida,_Nevada.jpg). The link says it’s a ghost town, but when I drove through there I saw some trailers that were obviously inhabited. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/29 "2014-06-09T01:05:02Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Incidentally, City of Commerce was planned as the locale for numerous factories and other industrial enterprises which employ thousands of people, but has a resident population of about 125. After the Bell Gardens scandal, there are some in Sacramento who would like to see Commerce dis-incorporated, and they’ve drafted an addendum to the civic incorporation prerequisites that the town has to have at least 150 residents. Commerce is the only place that would be affected. Uh, think you’re confusing Commerce with [Vernon.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon,_California#Corruption_charges) (Commerce has a population of 12,800+.) ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308/30 "2014-06-09T02:16:33Z")
Smallest one in Texas that I’ve been to is Quintana, population 56. [It’s the 5th smallest in Texas according to this list](http://www.togetherweteach.com/TWTIC/uscityinfo/43tx/txpopr/43txpr9.htm). Hang on! Add Todd Mission, TX (pop 107, 19th smallest). I didn’t know that was the home of the Texas Renaissance Festival, I always thought it was in Magnolia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-the-smallest-cities-in-your-state-have-you-been-to/690308.md?page=1)