rural hamlet
Small country community
A rural hamlet is a very small settlement in the countryside, smaller than a village and typically lacking commercial establishments or a church.
The phrase is somewhat redundant since hamlets are rural by definition, but it emphasizes the remote, agricultural character of the place: They retired to a rural hamlet in Vermont.
- wellDug water source
- pathRoute for traveling
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- cottageSmall rural home
- villageSmall rural community
meadow · folklore · field · rolling hills · countryside · country road · agrarianism · hillock · enclave · homestead · yeoman · farm life · lane · commons · subsistence farming · parish · local church · gate
- hamlets
- farming settlementsfarming village, farming town, agricultural town, farmstead, peasant village
- settlementsvillage, cities, city, towns, town
- off the beaten pathhidden gem, hidden gems, secret spot, backwater, remote villages
rural hamletmetropolis
Large important city
major city · megalopolis · city · urban center · metropolitan area
rural hamletindustrial zone
Area designated for factories
concrete jungle · urban sprawl · commercial district · cityscape · built-up area