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Valley City, Illinois - poplation 13

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Sawpit, Colorado - population 25

Sawpit is a tiny San Miguel County town located just northwest of Telluride, Colorado. There’s a general store in town, the Sawpit Mercantile, which sells gas, liquor, natural foods and general necessities.

The 2000 census recorded Sawpit’s population at 25, making it the third smallest incoporated town in Colorado. The elevation is 7,592 feet.

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Sawpit has only 25 residents but thre may be more than 25 signs. Three are shown below.

Beaconsfield is Iowa’s smallest incorporated community, with 11 residents counted in the 2000 Census

The Hy-Vee supermarket chain can trace its retail roots to this nondescript brick building in the tiny community of Beaconsfield, Iowa. Now a community building, Charles Hyde and David Vrendenburg (the namesakes for Hy-Vee) opened their first store in this building in 1930. A plaque on the north side of the building provides visitors with a nice overview of the building’s significance.

Aladdin, Wyoming - population 15

Aladdin is a tiny 30-acre town in eastern Crook County, Wyoming. It is located northeast of the town of Sundance and 36 miles from Devils Tower.

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Lost Springs, Wyoming population 4

Lost Springs is a town in Converse County, Wyoming. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4.

Note the “Keep Off” sign on the grass by the toilet.

The photo below was taken on our way from Colorado to South Dakota in 2003.

Lost Springs is shown in the upper right on the map above. It is on Federal highway 20 about midway between I-25 and Lusk.

Polebridge: a tiny town ‘off the grid’ in Flathead County, Montana

Put away that phone while you’re in Polebridge, because there is no cell service or wifi and is completely ‘off the grid’

Some reports say the population is 133. Others say the number is 168. Yet another said the population was 88 in 2010.

For years, Polebridge was powered by noisy diesel generators and a small solar energy system with 24 panels. Not long ago, 87 new solar panels were added, meaning that solar is now responsible for most of the energy in the town, except for the propane ovens that cook the bear claw pastries.

Polebridge is sometimes called Glacier National Park’s best kept secret as it provides access to a part of the park that many tourists don’t visit.

Hillsview, South Dakota population 3

Hillsview is the least-populated municipality in South Dakota. It overs only about one half square mile of area. The 2010 census listed the population as 3.

The town is located in McPherson County in the upper north east part of the state.

This building once housed a hardware store.

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