Sunday, September 16, 2018

Town with One Population in Monowi, Nebraska

Monowi, a silence town. Photo credited to Andrew Filer

My friend told me that he had stopped by in a town with one population for a drink. The town called as Monowi in Nebraska. What a joke? I reply. I though that he just kidding.  Yes, it is true, there is a town with one population in the USA. 

The resident, Elsie Eiler, 84 year old, has three important buildings to be managed: a mayor house that is her own house, a town library and a Monowi Tavern. The mayor lives in mobile home that close to the library.  

Library of Monowi, Nebraska. Credit to Kimmer C

5 thousand books collection of the library belong to mayor’s late husband, Rudy Eiler, a devoted reader. Since her husband dead 14 years ago, neighbors from nearby could read and even borrow the collections. 

Customers in Monowi tavern, credit to Kimmer C 

The only business made town live is a bar called as Monowi Tavern. The bar serves the nearby customers and people who stop by for drink or lunch. The foods quite cheap with US$3.5 burger and US$8.5 steaks as examples.

The bar business tax and license fee for alcohol drinks and tobacco are sources of revenue for the town. The income then be used to pay electricity and water bills. Four street lamps were funded by state government. 

Recently, the town had been visited by guests from 4 dozen states and more than 40 countries from around the globe. This development might attract the investors to do business in the town. If you visit Monowi by next 5 or 10 years, the town might be changing a lot.







33 comments:

  1. I'd love to visit the town! How interesting!

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  3. Incredible, sad to see it might disappear if more people don't come to live.

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  4. A very unusual town but the prices seem pretty fair. See ya.

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  7. That is a lady who believes in hanging in there! How interesting.

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  9. This week I saw this town mentioned on the tv program Sunday Morning. Interesting that you should mention it.

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  10. Fascinating post and photos ~ Population of 1!

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  11. I admire this woman, who seems to be a force of nature! Keeping that town running on her own little lonesome. Thanks for telling this tale, and I also appreciate your recent visit to my blog!

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  12. Thank u very much, Tanza for sharing an interesting post and comment at my blog! Enjoy writing. Best wishes, Sadami

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  13. There are many small towns that do just fine and others that don't.

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  14. That explains how a town can have a population of one. I suspect that that won't last, though.

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  15. Thank you so much for coming to visit my blog at Marmelade Gypsy. I'm delighted to learn about the town with a population of one. That's quite a library!

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      # The resident, Elsie Eiler, 84 year old, has three important buildings to be managed:

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    a mayor house that is her own house, a town library and a Monowi Tavern.

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