Talk:Monowi, Nebraska

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Pasted from the article: ''People Magazine: The August 28, 2006 issue of People had a nice article about Mrs. Eiler and her town. www.people.com''

I can't find the article. If anyone else can, please put the link to it in the article :) --Missmarple 18:27, 7 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Here it is. https://people.com/archive/one-woman-town-vol-66-no-9/ Omc (talk) 14:46, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Confidentiality
Reporting income and age seems a bit unfair on Elsie Eiler. Many people wouldn't take kindly to strangers knowing details like that. I know that the Irish census amalgamates a statistical area with a neighbouring one if its population is so small that there is a danger of breaching the requirement for census details to be kept confidential. Checking the four linked population-of-one U.S. places, there are no age/income details given on any. Perhaps the US Census does have a confidentiality check, but sets it at a population of one: this would seem to be too low a threshold. jnestorius(talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:27, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree with that. --98.211.168.99 (talk) 16:06, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

Honestly?
"The median age in the village was 76.5 years. 0.0% of residents were under the age of 18; 0.0% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 0.0% were from 25 to 44; 0.0% were from 45 to 64; and 100% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 0.0% male and 100.0% female."

Shouldn't we just say that there is one citizen 76.5 years old. A lot mor ehelpful than all this stuff which makes the article unnecessary long — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.79.212.114 (talk) 20:08, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Removed Demographics Section
Due to the confidentiality issues and general silliness of a demographics section for one person I went ahead and removed it. Imyourfoot (talk) 04:53, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Demographic section
The demographic section was automatically updated today.

Please do not remove the demographic section!!!

Many people visit this page just to see the demographics (it's had 5702 views in the past 30 days).

I've corrected some of the issues concerning proper tense in the demographic section (eg. "there were 1 people"). However, I'm not sure how the population density was "4.8 inhabitants per square mile (1.9 /km2)" was arrived at. I don't want to correct or delete it, and would appreciate some assistance from someone more expert with demographics.

Thanks! Richard Apple (talk) 03:02, 30 May 2013 (UTC)


 * The population density is probably 4.8 because the town has one resident and encompasses just over a fifth of a mile. I think this illustrates the silliness of your decision to restore the demographic information of a town with one person:  it's so meaningless as to be misleading.  If the lone resident is notable enough to deserve a Wikipedia article discussing her age, family status, and ethnicity, maybe that information would be best at an article specifically for her.   AgnosticAphid  talk 22:43, 3 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Do not refer to my contributions or ideas as "silliness". Please refer to No personal attacks.  Specifically, "do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor. Personal attacks do not help make a point; they only hurt the Wikipedia community and deter users from helping to create a good encyclopedia."  Richard Apple (talk) 03:24, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

HOW big is the Library
I read that it has 5000 Volumes, but 740 Books. What are the 4260 non-book volumes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BigSmiler (talk • contribs) 00:17, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Demographic section
A user added incorrect demographic data which needed to be undone. I've added the demographic section in by hand using 2010 census data. Regarding the population density (the number of people per unit of area), this section had listed a figure of 4.8/sq mi (1.9/km2). A Talk user explained that "the population density is probably 4.8 because the town has one resident and encompasses just over a fifth of a mile", but the figure is misleading. One person is one person, regardless of the area they occupy. Richard Apple (talk) 13:42, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Monowi Not Only Incorporated Town with 1 Population
There is another town that has a population of 1 in the USA: Bonanza, Colorado. The state is considering designating it an abandoned place, but for now it is still incorporated. (My wife and I were married there several years ago).

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/31/looking-for-a-pulseincoloradocity.html

The al-Jazeera article includes photos of Bonanza. 76.0.12.236 (talk) 22:31, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Monowi vs. Greenhorn, Oregon
With a population of 1, I believe Monowi still has more people than the least populated incorporated community in America (or the world, presumably), Greenhorn, Oregon, which boasted a population of 0 during both the 2000 and 2010 censuses. 108.246.206.139 (talk) 02:35, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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More articles
Here are a couple of links to articles, in case anyone wants to add them to the article. I'd do it myself, but I'm not good with Wikipedia reference formats.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monowi-nebraska

http://www.bbc.com/travel/gallery/20180129-welcome-to-monowi-nebraska-population-1

Omc (talk) 14:51, 9 June 2018 (UTC)

Very good articles thanks. I can add those in later today unless anyone else gets there first. Refs. are my specialism. Rodney Baggins (talk) 07:54, 10 June 2018 (UTC)

Prudential ad
The reference after it says it was featured in an ad for Prudential links to a private video. 2601:85:C003:5D60:3C3E:6319:BA3:3DE6 (talk) 14:37, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

“Unidentified Native American language”
“Monowi” is a phonetic spelling of flower in the unwritten Ponca language. I recently visited Monowi and talked to Elsie and others living in the town to learn this. But because this is original research, there is nothing I can edit, correct? Ephun (talk) 17:56, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Larry The Cable Guy ...
On an episode of "Only In America With Larry The Cable Guy", Monowi was one of the places visited. After an interview with Elsie Eiler, Larry decided to hold a one day fund raiser in Monowi to help pay for road repairs. ( Not sure if this is worthy of inclusion, under "In Popular Culture". I'll leave that up to the entry manager. ) 75.104.182.200 (talk) 00:13, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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Has anyone checked on Elsie?
The most recent population figure presented is more than 10 years old. - knoodelhed (talk) 17:44, 1 March 2024 (UTC)