noun (n)

• a station in a remote or sparsely populated location(noun.location)

  Synonym:
  outstation
  

  source: wordnet30
• a settlement on the frontier of civilization(noun.group)

  Synonym:
  frontier settlement
  

  source: wordnet30
• a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops(noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.(noun)

  source: webster1913