Monowi is an incorporated village in Nebraska that boasts a grand total population of exactly one person, making it the only municipality in the United States with a solo resident.

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Monowi is an incorporated village in Nebraska that boasts a grand total population of exactly one person, making it the only municipality in the United States with a solo resident. Elsie Eiler, the sole inhabitant, acts as the town's mayor, clerk, and treasurer, pays taxes to herself, and annually grants herself a liquor license so she can legally operate the local tavern. Every year, she officially submits a meticulously detailed municipal road plan to the state government just to secure funding to keep the village's four streetlights properly functioning. It is the absolute peak of American independence that someone created a functioning local bureaucracy purely to avoid dealing with other human beings while still getting state subsidies for basic utilities. Running your own personal town where you literally cannot be voted out of office because there are no other registered voters is the kind of deeply unhinged introverted dream we all fantasize about!