Very small towns signed far away on distance signs

[thspfc]

On WI-70 westbound at the intersection with US-51 between Minocqua and Woodruff, there is a distance sign that reads:

Fifield 38
Ojibwa 78

Fifield, population 988, being signed 38 miles away is unconventional in and of itself. But Ojibwa is way smaller at 267 people, and is signed 78 miles away!

[Takumi]

Burkeville, VA, population 432, is on a sign at the east end of US 360, 136 miles away.

[kphoger]

This actually fits here better than it did in the thread it was originally posted in:

Poland signs the remote focal point on its highways. In case of highways reaching a border, they sign the border town along the entire length of a route. So that means Jędrzychowice, a village with a population of 670, is signed across the country from hundreds of miles away...



In the other direction, they sign Korczowa, population 660, located at the Ukrainian border.

[Roadgeekteen]

Deadhorse, Population 25

[1995hoo]

Balladonia, population 5, 189 km; Eucla, population 53, 710 km. I suppose there aren't many other options on that road, though.

[oscar]

Deadhorse, Population 25

That doesn't count thousands of oilfields workers there at any given time. Coldfoot actually has a smaller permanent population, with few temporary workers (no oil production, basically just a truck stop and a handful of government employees).

P.S.: As I've explained to you elsewhere, it's uncool to post photos that stock photo companies are offering for sale, unless you've paid the license fee. Anyway, if you looked harder, you could've found a similar free photo on one of my websites.

[vdeane]

Deadhorse, Population 25

That doesn't count thousands of oilfields workers there at any given time. Coldfoot actually has a smaller permanent population, with few temporary workers (no oil production, basically just a truck stop and a handful of government employees).

P.S.: As I've explained to you elsewhere, it's uncool to post photos that stock photo companies are offering for sale, unless you've paid the license fee. Anyway, if you looked harder, you could've found a similar free photo on one of my websites.

Or even street view, for that matter.  This particular sign was fairly easy to find - it even has a point of interest on the map, with 4.6 stars over 60 reviewers.

[Bitmapped]

Unincorporated Seneca Rocks, WV, population maybe a couple dozen, is signed on WV 28 from 50 miles away at Dunmore. Marlinton, WV, population 961, is signed 64 miles away on US 219.

In sparsely populated areas, it often comes down to signing towns that are junctions with other major routes even if they are very small.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

MN 11 westbound in Roseau: 60 miles to Donaldson, population 42 (and the junction with US 75).

https://www.google.com/maps/@48.8481205,-95.7696559,3a,15y,299.29h,85.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9JKvK7zsq1mznkEifAYGtw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[US 89]

Isn't there a mileage sign on I-70 in Baltimore with Cove Fort, UT on it?

[Roadgeekteen]

Isn't there a mileage sign on I-70 in Baltimore with Cove Fort, UT on it?

Yes but that's more of a novelty sign.

[Road Hog]

Arkansas signs on I-40 westbound Fort Smith, which is destined to be a very small town as other towns grow around it.

[Rothman]

Arkansas signs on I-40 westbound Fort Smith, which is destined to be a very small town as other towns grow around it.

No.  Fort Smith is a city.

[Roadgeekteen]

Arkansas signs on I-40 westbound Fort Smith, which is destined to be a very small town as other towns grow around it.

What? I don't get it.

[Brandon]

Doesn't this kind of define I-80 throughout Pennsylvania?

[oscar]

Arkansas signs on I-40 westbound Fort Smith, which is destined to be a very small town as other towns grow around it.

Fort Smith's current population is over 87K, making it the second-largest city in Arkansas. The populations of the "very small towns" mentioned in this thread have three-digit or smaller populations. Quite a radical drop you're projecting for Fort Smith, even if we use projections in this thread (we shouldn't, we're citing current populations).

[NWI_Irish96]

Not sure what exactly constitutes "very small" or "far away", but Kentland, IN, has a population of 1,748 and gets singed 47 miles away from the north on US 41.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Not sure what exactly constitutes "very small" or "far away", but Kentland, IN, has a population of 1,748 and gets singed 47 miles away from the north on US 41.

Similarly, Grand Marais, MN (pop. 1305) is signed for 104 miles away at its first mention where MN 61 leaves Duluth.

[Rothman]

Not sure what exactly constitutes "very small" or "far away", but Kentland, IN, has a population of 1,748 and gets singed 47 miles away from the north on US 41.

Similarly, Grand Marais, MN (pop. 1305) is signed for 104 miles away at its first mention where MN 61 leaves Duluth.

Not much out there besides Two Harbors, Grand Marais and Grand Portage, though.

[zachary_amaryllis]

just outside sterling, colorado. sterling itself is what.. 10,000 or so?
otis is a wide spot on us 36, or maybe 34 -- can't recall.

https://goo.gl/maps/nqurePcVcTkvuPVj6

[kphoger]

Marlinton, WV, population 961, is signed 64 miles away on US 219.

That sure stretches the definition of "very small".  Marlinton has a couple of stoplights, a hospital, several restaurants, a grocery store, a school...

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Not sure what exactly constitutes "very small" or "far away", but Kentland, IN, has a population of 1,748 and gets singed 47 miles away from the north on US 41.

Similarly, Grand Marais, MN (pop. 1305) is signed for 104 miles away at its first mention where MN 61 leaves Duluth.

Not much out there besides Two Harbors, Grand Marais and Grand Portage, though.

Yes, but the thread wasn't that specific.

[hbelkins]

Marlinton, WV, population 961, is signed 64 miles away on US 219.

That sure stretches the definition of "very small".  Marlinton has a couple of stoplights, a hospital, several restaurants, a grocery store, a school...

Marlinton is also the first incorporated place north of Lewisburg on 219, if I'm not mistaken. Of course, there is no prohibition on using non-incorporated places on interstate exits (you pass by exits for Dawson, Sam Black Church, and Alta before you get to Lewisburg if you're traveling east), but still.

[epzik8]

Isn't there a mileage sign on I-70 in Baltimore with Cove Fort, UT on it?

Yes, and it was installed as a test sign for Clearview.

[DandyDan]

There's this unusual 4-city sign leaving Manly, Iowa going east on IA 9 where the second city is Riceville, population 761 as of the 2010 Census. I don't have any idea why it's there because it's not the next city on the route (that's Osage) and it's not a county seat, which Cresco and Decorah,  the other two cities on the sign, are.