The tiniest town in every state Part 4

By Sarah Schmalbruch From Insider

Often, a state’s largest city is considered its best place to live.

But there’s something to be said for rural towns too.

We rounded up the least-populated town in every state, based on the US Census Bureau’s 2016 annual estimate of the resident population.

This data was collected using administrative records (births, deaths, records of moves), all of which were then weighed against the 2010 census. This list includes only incorporated towns.

While the majority of the towns that made the list have single-digit populations, there are a few states whose smallest towns are much larger. This is because these towns are located in densely populated states, and different states have different requirements for formally incorporating a town.

Keep scrolling to see the tiniest towns across the country.

Andy Kiersz contributed reporting to this article.

NEW MEXICO: Grenville Village
Grenville. Google Street View
Population: 34

NEW YORK: Dering Harbor Village
Dering Harbor. Google Street View
Population: 11

NORTH CAROLINA: Fontana Dam Town
Fontana Dam. NCDOTcommunications/Flickr
Population: 7

NORTH DAKOTA: Ruso City
Ruso. Andrew Filer/Wikimedia Commons
Population: 4

OHIO: Rendville Village
Rendville. Nyttend/Wikimedia Commons
Population: 36

OKLAHOMA: Lotsee Town
Lotsee. Google Street View
Population: 2

OREGON: Lonerock City
Lonerock. alyshahipes/Instagram
Population: 21

PENNSYLVANIA: Centralia Borough
Centralia. Tom Vazquez/Wikimedia Commons
Population: 10

RHODE ISLAND: Central Falls City
The Samuel B. Conant House in Central Falls. Kenneth C. Zirkel/Wikimedia Commons
Population: 19,347

SOUTH CAROLINA: Jenkinsville Town
Jenkinsville. Google Street View
Population: 43

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