[Tagging] New place value for single settlements (below hamlet)

[Greg Troxel]

ℳ∡ℝℸⅈℿ Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> writes:

> 2010/4/6 John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>
>
>> On 6 April 2010 04:12, ℳ∡ℝℸⅈℿ Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Following recent discussion on talk-de I'm proposing a new place value
>> for
>> > single settlements (free standing single building, often farm, outside
>> > settlement, max. 2 households).
>>
>> From Map Features wiki page:
>>
>> place=hamlet     As defined by national/state/provincial government.
>> Generally smaller than a village, just a few houses
>>
>>
> I am aware about this. That's why I am asking for the scientific English
> term for single settlements (if it is not this). In German the word is
> "Einzelsiedlung". This is not a hamlet (German "Weiler", which is at least 3
> households), but smaller. I also wrote this in the topic.

In the US, I am not aware of the concept of a place name for a pair of
houses.  Where I am (New England), there is "town" and "city", which are
really the same thing but differ by form of government.  Then within
those there are either "neighborhoods" or "villages", but those terms
are loose because they tend not to have any legal/government standing.
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