The Internet was once populated almost exclusively by computer geeks.
Although the population is now only around 100 Census, records from the 1900s show it was once populated by around 1000 people.
"I'm guessing several million, Chaim, but it's really not many compared to how the earth was once populated."
The Prentara had once populated the world around which the sea of clouds now circled.
The area that is now Cherokee was once populated by the Maidu.
Once predominantly populated by low-income to middle-class families, the community is now highly desirable for waterfront living.
Once populated by Serbian majority, the village today is half-empty with buildings still recovering from the latest war.
Brown elfins, believed to have once populated the Piedmont, were restricted to the state's mountains.
And, she said, some design companies are moving their showrooms to side-street locations that were once populated by suppliers.
Once populated by ancient Hawaiians, this coast has lost its ground water sources and is totally depopulated today.