Least populated towns in America: These days, many people seem to think smaller is better. There are smaller homes and cars being developed; how about small towns? No, not some small town just off the highway. We’re talking really small. You may be thinking of a few thousand folks, at least. But, no. Smaller. Not a few thousand, or even a few hundred.
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When you get down to double digits, you have towns like Indiana’s New Amsterdam. Apart from the fancy-sounding European name, New Amsterdam boasts a Main Street and a General Store, like many towns around the world. One difference is the population: across the entire 0.1 miles of New Amsterdam, there are only 27 folks who call it home.
That’s less people than you’d bump into in church on Sunday. And that’s FAR from the smallest. Yes, there are towns that are smaller than some people’s entire family.
What can be smaller than 27? How about towns with populations that you can count… on one hand? Here are ten of them right here in America!!
10. Weeki Wachee, Florida – 12
Located north of Tampa on the U.S. 19, the ‘enchanted’ spring that is Weeki Wachee must be seen to be believed. This small town is populated by ‘real mermaids’. Sitting on a patchwork of naturally occurring freshwater springs, the town grew around the iconic mermaid attraction. In 1947, an enterprising ex-Navy frogman, Newton Perry built a theater right into the base of the spring, allowing visitors view the mermaids in their ‘natural’ habitat.
Weeki Wachee was incorporated as a city in 1966, making it (at the time) one of the nation’s smallest cities. Today, Weeki Wachee is probably the only city in the world with a mermaid as a mayor. Robyn Anderson presides over the affairs of this Florida attraction and its remaining 11 residents.
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