Hamlet
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smaller than a [village] - larger than a wide spot in the road, a hamlet usually has considerably less than 200 people and is usually tied to agriculture (although many housing [subdivisions] could loosely be described as hamlets, especially when incorpirated and containing a minimal number of people).
A hamlet can either be dispersed (particularly in the [USA]), or [clustered] (see [urban]).
It is often located at the crossing of two minor [thouroughfares] (at a [crossroads]). Most [intentional communities], if not a village and and not tied into the fabric of a larger entity, could be described as hamlets.
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