Small cities/towns with Downtown department stores (how much, closing)

[Gerania]

Long Beach Township on Long Beach Island, NJ, has a Hand's (department) Store. There are about 20,000 year-round residents.

[wherewhatwho]

Originally Posted by BigCity76

Morristown, NJ (population 19,000) has a Century 21 department store downtown.

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1...px8wEnoECFEQCA

It is now sadly permanently closed.

The Lord & Taylor in Westfield, NJ is also closed, but that was a standalone right by downtown.

https://goo.gl/maps/dUTK2eJ4Z2fM95248

[cpomp]

Are we talking small independent cities not attached to a major city?

People are mentioning Morristown, Greenwich, Bala Cynwyd, etc. Those are all towns in major metro areas.

I am thinking Scranton, Binghamton, Portland (ME), Charleston, etc.

Sadly the department store days are dwindling . Pittsburgh (mid-sized city) even had a nice Saks until a few years ago.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by cpomp

Are we talking small independent cities not attached to a major city?

People are mentioning Morristown, Greenwich, Bala Cynwyd, etc. Those are all towns in major metro areas.

I am thinking Scranton, Binghamton, Portland (ME), Charleston, etc.

Sadly the department store days are dwindling . Pittsburgh (mid-sized city) even had a nice Saks until a few years ago.

Yes, for this thread, as including independent cities in a major metro may lessen the interest of the thread.

So far, it appears that a few cities come to mind.

[hdwell]

Ruston Louisiana has a men's store Kitishian's. Been there a long time and is stand alone downtown.

[Charmaine816]

Lawrence, KS has a population of about 97,000. There is a small department store located in its downtown area called Weaver's. Here is its website: https://weaverslawrence.com/.

[Drewjdeg]

Originally Posted by ckhthankgod

Just clarify, even if it is a smaller city/municipality that is apart of a bigger metro, that counts as well.

Lol…..if that’s the case, Rosemont, IL has a population of just 4,255 people and it has a large mall with multiple department stores (Fashion Outlets of Chicago).

For standalone cities, I believe Sheboygan, WI (pop 42k) had a Boston Store downtown until a few years ago.

[ckhthankgod]

Originally Posted by Drewjdeg

Lol…..if that’s the case, Rosemont, IL has a population of just 4,255 people and it has a large mall with multiple department stores (Fashion Outlets of Chicago).

For standalone cities, I believe Sheboygan, WI (pop 42k) had a Boston Store downtown until a few years ago.

Actually, that Rosemont example wouldn’t fit, as that is a mall. When I said stand alone, I meant an old school, individual department store building or storefront.

I also excluded independent cities of major metros later.

On a side note, Binghamton also has a stand alone Dick’s Sporting Goods Store, which is the original location: https://goo.gl/maps/TBVAKzX6romPm89b6

[theurbanfiles]

Kemmerer, WY has the home store of JC Penney, at least for now, and the JC Penney Home/Museum (Pop: 2,747) TBH, I think this WINS, if that is possible... you know a place is small and off the beaten track when the most recent Google Streetview for the city is from 2009.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7948...!7i3328!8i1664

[cjseliga]

Originally Posted by cavsfan137

Kemmerer, WY has the home store of JC Penney, at least for now, and the JC Penney Home/Museum (Pop: 2,747) TBH, I think this WINS, if that is possible... you know a place is small and off the beaten track when the most recent Google Streetview for the city is from 2009.

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7948...!7i3328!8i1664

I already mentioned that back in Post #9 in this thread:

Originally Posted by cjseliga

Kemmerer, WY (pop. 2,747) home of the 1st JCPenney store going back to 1902, was put up for auction last year JCPenney Puts Its Original 1902 Store In Kemmerer, Wyoming Up For Auction