Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-26065088-20160430131158/@comment-25101690-20160430135418

There are woodsmen in Rhovanion, rivermen south of Dale, the Beornings in the Vale of Anduin etc. They are their ancestors. It would be wrong to say they are the same, as the Gondorians of the early Third Age were also different from the Gondorians of tha late Third Age.

But generally you can assume that every region of the world is in some way populated. There are most likely still human settlements in Eriador and Enedwaith. They aren't explicitely mentioned in the books because they are unimportant.