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That's always been left ambiguous, but one possible explanation is that Sorybrooke is a town AND a county (there have been several references to "Storybrooke county" on maps and such).

Also, pre-industrial, mostly forested Enchanted Forest can't be that densely populated in the first place. The lands may be very wide, but the populace can still be relatively small.