Midgetville
Midgetville (also known as "tiny towns") refers to real or legendary communities of "midgets", people with forms of dwarfism who are normally proportioned, or collections of small "midget-sized" houses. Real or legendary, they are at times given fanciful qualities (see Little people (mythology)). Some "real" ones may play on mythology for tourism purposes. Hence some descriptions are not meant to imply anything concerning ordinary or real people with dwarfism.
Fairfax County, Virginia
The "Midgetville" in
The local legend is bolstered by two coincidences. Nearby
Jefferson Township, New Jersey
Located near Milton, Jefferson Township, New Jersey has been the subject of urban legends about a Midgetville community. The houses are located on a secluded dirt road. There are at least six small houses with small doors, small windows and small furniture inside. Some have very ornate exterior decorations. There is one average-sized house on the grounds, inhabited by an elderly, average height couple.
Rumor has held that Alfred Ringling, famous for the Ringling Brothers Circus, built a few small-sized houses that had four-foot doors. However, the houses currently all appear to be built within the last 40 years and some are built with vinyl siding which was not available during Ringling's time. Visitors claim the "midget" residents are hostile or xenophobic and will therefore shoot guns at outsiders.[4]
Long Beach, California
In fact, La Linda, originally the home of George H. Bixby, was subdivided in 1922 and most of the homes were built before 1938.[6]
Mississauga, Ontario
In 1945, the
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-4027-3942-2.
- ^ Salmon, Jacqueline L. (August 26, 2004). "Emotional Investment: A Family's Decision to Sell Vienna's 'Midgetville' Ignites Bitter Opposition". Washington Post. pp. VA16. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
- ^ Rein, Lisa (September 27, 2005). "Fairfax Maps Tourist Gems". Washington Post. pp. B04. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ "Weird new Jersey". Archived from the original on 2008-04-04. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- Long Beach Press-Telegram Are our houses getting too big?Section: News; page 4A.
- ^ HISTORY OF LA LINDA DRIVE "[1] Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine"