frontier communities
C26555
concept
Frontier communities are small, often isolated settlements located at the edge of established territories, characterized by limited infrastructure, close-knit social ties, and a strong reliance on local resources and self-sufficiency.
Observed surface forms (3)
- frontier settlement ×6
- frontier town ×2
- early American frontier communities ×1
Instances (10)
- Robber’s Roost via concept surface "frontier settlement"
- Cumberland settlements via concept surface "early American frontier communities"
- Orenburg Cossack settlements
- De Smet, Dakota Territory, United States via concept surface "frontier town"
- Harrods Town via concept surface "frontier settlement"
- Nashborough via concept surface "frontier settlement"
- German Flatts, Province of New York via concept surface "frontier settlement"
- Detroit, Michigan Territory via concept surface "frontier settlement"
- Pawnee, Kansas Territory via concept surface "frontier town"
- Macloutsie, Bechuanaland via concept surface "frontier settlement"