OFFICIAL ROAST REPORT
We're sorry. Actually, no we're not.
They named their town after agricultural waste — you know, the stalks and leaves farmers leave behind after harvesting the actual good stuff. It's like naming your kid 'Compost' and wondering why nobody takes you seriously. Even the town's own definition literally means 'what's left over.'
Stover peaked at a whopping 1,094 people in 2010, then lost 88 residents by 2020 because apparently even corn stalks have better career opportunities elsewhere. When your biggest claim to fame is having a post office since 1875, you know the excitement peaked about 150 years ago.
Your culinary scene peaks at a gas station pizza and a bar literally called 'The Wet Spot' — which sounds like what happens to your hopes and dreams after living here too long. At least Skelly's Ice Cream Shoppe exists, because nothing says 'thriving food culture' like ice cream being your gourmet option.
In 1905, the railroad took one look at original Stover and literally said 'we're building around you instead.' The entire town had to pick up and move to where the tracks went, because even steam engines knew better than to stop in whatever Stover was offering. That's some next-level rejection right there.
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