rural route
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rural route
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Using administrative records produced lower population estimates in rural areas, mainly because of the more common use of post office boxes and rural route addresses rather than physical addresses, according to the simulation results.
From Seattle Times • May 8, 2023
I hold a vivid childhood memory of being awakened one night by the sound of men chanting war-like slogans, the stomp of them reverberating down our dark rural route.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2022
“We’d just get in the car and drive, and we’d get off the highway and take the scenic route, the rural route to places and just kind of enjoy seeing the world,” Bradley-Klemko said.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021
Many streets in rural West Virginia have rural route numbers assigned by the post office, but those numbers aren’t on any map.
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2020
It forwarded the letter to Ladysmith, Wisconsin, and from there to a rural route that I couldn't understand although I got the number.
From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver
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