[duskwuff]

Calling Nipton a "town" is a bit of an exaggeration, too. From what I'm seeing in the satellite photos, it's barely a wide spot in the road, in the middle of the desert, near what might have once been a train station. I've seen truck stops larger than this.

(And I'm not exaggerating when I say "in the middle of the desert". It's right on the edge of the Mojave National Preserve. This is not a good place for anything, let alone for agriculture.)

[dan1234]

Assuming i've found the right place[1], I doubt Nipton would even be counted as a village in the UK.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Nipton,+CA+92364,+USA/@3...

[duskwuff]

That's the one. If you zoom in to Street View, you can see the back side of the "Hotel Nipton".

[jlewallen]

I've driven through Nipton more times than I can count. It's a ghost town, I don't know how people survive there.