settlement

• Ghost town

  A town that has been deserted by its inhabitants, leaving behind empty buildings and an eerie silence.

• Boomtown

  A boomtown is a town that experiences extremely rapid growth in population and economic activity, typically due to a sudden discovery of a valuable resource or new industry.

• Backwoods

  The backwoods refers to remote, sparsely populated, and often undeveloped forested areas, typically far from cities and towns.