guess it depends how small a town, I've asked after another at a pub in a small town of a 100 people and they still nearly didn't know
Also after leaving a small village of 500 after 10 years I used to have ole fellas give me a wave driving through for years after I left ,, so people do know you just gotta ask enough
I forgot ,, find out were the local mail contractor lives and go ask if its really hard .