| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Stereotypical small town | USA Today | 28 Jun 2023 |
| Nowheresville | New York Times | 01 Jul 2022 |
| Small town, slangily | Wall Street Journal | 24 Jul 2021 |
| Backwater town | Thomas Joseph | 19 Aug 2020 |
| Proverbial burg | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Mar 2019 |
| Nowheresville | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Feb 2019 |
| Proverbial small town | USA Today | 06 Aug 2018 |
| Smallville | New York Times | 15 Jul 2018 |
| Proverbial small town | ||
| Smallville | ||
| Proverbial small, unimportant town | The Washington Post | 20 Feb 2016 |
| Middle-of-nowhere town | LA Times Daily | 02 Jun 2015 |
| Middle-of-nowhere town | ||
| One-horse town | ||
| Nowheresville | ||
| One-horse town | ||
| Nowheresville | ||
| Nowheresville | ||
| Nowheresville | ||
| It's far from a metropolis | ||
| One-horse town | ||
| One-horse town | ||
| Hardly a metropolitan center | ||
| Insignificant rural town | ||
| Nowheresville | ||
| Nowheresville | ||
| Unimportant place | ||
| Prototypical small town | ||
| One-horse town | ||
| Once a place near Hartford | ||
| Typical small town | ||
| Small town | ||
| Hick town | ||
| Imaginary small town. | ||
| Small town, U.S. style. | ||
| Proverbial small town. |