이후 마을이 산지취락구조사업지구로 지정되면서 높은 지대에 있던 농가들이 성덕면 대목리 김제∼만경 간 도로변으로 이주함으로써 속칭 '개미마을'을 이루었다.
Later, as the village was designated as a mountain village structure project district, farmers in the highlands moved to the side of the road between Gimje and Mangyeong in Daemok-ri, Seongdeok-myeon, forming the so-called "Ant Village."