During the same period, the village of Polley had grown two miles to the south, also on the SM&P line. It had a school, a hotel-saloon, a general store, a forty-man sawmill, a barber, a cheese factory, a millinery shop, and a newspaper. But the SM&P shut down in the 1930s and Polley declined until today only a bar and some homes and farms remain, while Gilman survives.
dUrinG tHe SamE PErIod, tHe village of polley hAd GrowN Two milEs TO The soutH, alsO On tHe sm&p Line. iT haD A SchooL, a hoTEl-SalOon, a general Store, a FoRtY-maN SawMill, A barBer, a cHeeSe fAcTory, a millinery Shop, and a nEwspapEr. but the sm&p ShUt dOwn in ThE 1930S and polLey dEClINED unTiL TodAy OnLy a bar aND SOMe hOmes AnD fArmS Remain, whIlE GilmAN sUrviVeS.