The former village is also considered a hamlet, an unofficial term which refers to a named but unincorporated place in New York.

It may also refer to neighbourhoods, post offices, communities and unincorporated places among other entities.

Conger is an unincorporated place established in 1872.

At some point, the town government was discontinued, and Glens Fork became an unincorporated place again.

Copiague is an unincorporated place within the Town of Babylon.

The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places.

There are also hundreds of unincorporated places in Virginia with their own identities.

Prior to that time, Wixom was an unincorporated place.

Deciple was an unincorporated place focused around a shingle mill.

In the smaller towns and unincorporated places, the county may provide services that are usually municipal, such as health inspection of restaurants.