It was a good, quiet, close-knit town in which to raise kids, even if they did all up and leave once they grew up.

The sheer number of those killed would shake any community, but it is all the more devastating for this close-knit town of 5,000 people.

Buckhannon was uh, uh, a very small and close-knit town.

In the close-knit town where the book takes place, Sean has grown up to be a detective investigating the crime.

Yet despite its legendary name and a century of experience as a tourist magnet, Woodstock remains a friendly, close-knit small town.

It is depicted as a close-knit small town with many quirky characters, located roughly thirty minutes by car from Hartford.

But then, being ignored in as close-knit a town as Panama was deliberate.

Until then, few people described Memphis as a serene, close-knit town.

"We've always been a close-knit, helpful town," he said.