Hamlet (place)
In geography, a hamlet is a small settlement.
In British geography, a hamlet is defined ecclesiastically. It is a village that may or may not have its own church, but that does not form a parish in its own right.
In other parts of the world, a hamlet is simply a small inhabited place.
While the term is generally an unofficial one in the United States, in the Northwest Territories there are officially designated municipalities, generally smaller than villages, classified as hamlets. In the State of New York, a hamlet is a settlement distinguished from a village by not having any political independence.
