The tiny town with a population of one

Eighty-four-year-old Elsie Eiler pays taxes to herself, grants her own alcohol licence and is the only remaining resident in Monowi, Nebraska.

[chateacolney]

What a wonderful lady. She's 85 and still very smart.

[abeltesfaye_]

Thank God people check in on this lovely woman. She has so much courage, I'm a woman in my 20s and would be terrified to live all by myself in a town haha. Praying she has constant support around her always!

[gabrielvevo]

At least her customers take care of her. Like she's not just alone alone you know.

[ReichX]

She's 84?!?! Man she looks 10 years younger

[chillwiththehumans]

No one has ever moved in our bought land there ???

[camiharris]

That amazing how she can maintain all that by her self

[mwdca]

of one of America's great novelists, Willa Cather. Cather's novels were often set in rural Nebraska in the 19th century with incredible descriptions of nature, land and the sky. Just like this woman, her characters loved their Nebraska.

[Chimera_V]

She has more social life than some people who live in big cities

[-ten]

What if somebody else wanted to move there?

[poteyatocheapp]

If the resident was from the 21st century he/she be like:

Monowi!
population: me

[andrewcao]

I just wanna be like that when I'm her age. Remind me of the small town where I used to live

[Godly-Beard]

This is Social distancing 2.0 version!!! Lolll, nice town though!

[devinpetersen]

It makes you wonder who owns the abandoned land. I would love to live there.

[CoverageAwarenessStudio]

Best place to live and be left alone pretty much! The ultimate goal!!

[cesarhernandez]

I would love to live there so peaceful. Would any of you would like to live there permanently before she is gone? Maybe add a few or more population to not let the town turn into a ghost town!

[defencehopebeuti]

if i got a chance to living there i will be too happy!! more than i can say.

[ethanseale]

I wonder what's it like to have a small town by yourself? Crazy but interesting.

[matsgullberg]

So Sharp and fast and intelligent woman 👍👍

[justwatching]

Just read an article about her on Eater and figured there'd be a YouTube video somewhere. Great to see she's doing well (even though this was a few years ago now). Here's the article, more current:

[powerofknowledge]

After airing this video, everyone moves there. lol.