Dogpatch
/ˈdɒɡpatʃ/US
noun
(The type of) an unsophisticated, impoverished rural community.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in The English Journal. From Dogpatch, the name of an impoverished rural community in the comic strip Li'l Abner by ‘Al Capp’ (Alfred Gerald Caplin, 1909–79); compare quot. 1946.