Devol, Oklahoma

2000 census, 150 people. From earlier years: “Devol is said to have had a four churches, lumber store, feel store, a hotel, two dance halls/bars, a brothel and hundreds of small structures to rent as a home during the growing Burk boom.” (Emphasis added.)

A “feel store” and a brothel?

Modern explanation: “For every 100 females there were 114.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.1 males.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devol,_Oklahoma

You got more men than women in a town, you got problems.

Devol came up at http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=59108 where there is a story of a man who got his life changed after trying to break into a house only to find the resident had a gun.