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Very Small U.S. Cities You May Know

Each of these U.S. cities/towns has fewer than 1,000 residents. Match each city/town name to the appropriate description.
Population numbers are 2024 U.S. Census Bureau estimates.
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Hometown of President Jimmy Carter.
(Pop. 525)
Location of the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War.
(Pop. 561)
Home to the “The Happiest Place on Earth.”
(Pop. 25)
Home to over 3,000 businesses, but very few residents.
(Pop. 256)
Crash site of United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
(Pop. 190)
Located at the confluence of three states, and near a mountain pass that played a critical role in the westward expansion of the country.
(Pop. 313)
Remote city where nearly all residents live in a single condominium building.
(Pop. 253)
Site of a deadly shootout/massacre in 1920 during the "Coal Wars."
(Pop. 374)
Real town that was the fictional setting of "The Blair Witch Project."
(Pop. 145)
Home to a Marine Corps base that houses the FBI Training Academy.
(Pop. 591)
Gateway to a national park that is the only location where aligators and crocodiles coexist in the wild.
(Pop. 396)
Home to a majority of Mormons in the 1840s, before they were violently expelled and trekked west to Utah's Salt Lake Valley.
(Pop. 910)
Island town known as the "Galapogas of the North." Also, a critical hub for fishing and crabbing fleets.
(Pop. 439)
Site of John Brown's raid on a federal armory in 1859.
(Pop. 263)
After 95% of the town was destroyed by an EF-5 tornado in 2007, it was rebuilt as an environmentally-friendly city.
(Pop. 731)
Setting of the "Little House on the Prairie" TV show, and real-life home of the Wilders during the time featured in "On the Banks of Plum Creek."
(Pop. 733)
Home to an iconic (and liberally advertised) tourist-trap drug store.
(Pop. 672)
All property siezed by emminent domain due to underground coal fire burning since 1962. Remaining residents allowed to remain until death.
(Pop. 4)
Known as "Trail Town USA," it sits at the convergence of the Appalachian Trail and several other regional hiking trails.
(Pop. 790)
Home of the "World's Largest Ball of Twine" - located near the geographic center of the lower 48 states.
(Pop. 462)
Former hunting camp on the Outer Banks - now a vacation hotspot.
(Pop. 742)
Located less than 2.5 miles from Russian territory.
(Pop. 81)
Founded by French trappers, it has a local ordinance prohibiting the use of all motor vehicles in the city.
(Pop. 613)
Burkittsville, MD
Cawker City, KS
Centralia, PA
Cumberland Gap, TN
Damascus, VA
Diomede, AK
Duck, NC
Everglades City, FL
Greensburg, KS
Harper’s Ferry, WV
Industry, CA
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Mackinac Island, MI
Matewan, WV
Nauvoo, IL
Plains, GA
Quantico, VA
Shanksville, PA
Sharpsburg, MD
St. Paul, AK
Wall, SD
Walnut Grove, MN
Whittier, AK
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