Big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston are well known to people across the U.S. Even if you’ve never been to any of these cities, you likely know where they are and can name some facts about them. Small towns, on the other hand, tend to fly under the radar, and the smaller the town, the less likely people are to have heard of them.
But one small U.S. town in particular is so small that it barely even exists. Monowi, Nebraska (pronounced MON-oh-why) has a whopping population of one. As in only one person officially lives there. Her name is Elsie Eiler, she’s 89 years old, and since her husband died in 2004, she’s been the sole resident of the tiny incorporated village five miles south of the South Dakota border.
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Asthesoleresident,Eiler“elects”herselfasmayoreveryyear,andalloftheofficialtowndutiesfallonhershoulders,includingrecord-keeping,licensing,maintenanceandmore.Somereportssayshecollectsherowntaxesfromherself,butEilertoldtravelvloggersKara&Natethatthat’snottrue.“Ipaytaxeslikeeverybodyelse,”shesaid.
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