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Monowi was [[plat]]ted in 1903, when the Mason, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/boyd/monowi | title=Monowi, Boyd County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | access-date=July 30, 2014}}</ref> A [[post office]] was established in Monowi in 1902 and remained in operation until 1967.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=NE&county=Boyd | title=Boyd County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 23, 2015}}</ref>
Monowi's peak years were in the [[1930s]], when it had a population
During the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], the village had a total [[population]] of two; only one married couple, Rudy and Elsie Eiler, lived there.<ref name="atlasobscura"/> Rudy died in 2004, leaving his wife as the only resident in the village.<ref name="LastResidentNYT"/> In this capacity, she acts as [[mayor]], and granted herself a [[liquor license]]. She is required to produce a [[grid plan|municipal road plan]] every year in order to secure state funding for the village's four street lights.<ref name="reid">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article516099.ece|title=Introducing the mayor of Monowi: (population: 1)|last=Reid|first=Tim|date=February 19, 2005|work=[[The Times]]|access-date=July 7, 2011}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="LastResidentNYT"/>
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