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America's Loneliest Counties Ranked by Population

 

Stories, Pictures and Statistics from

America's Loneliest Counties

Isolated, secluded, steeped in history and rich in tradition -- these counties are the least populated and most isolated places in America, according to the latest United States Census Bureau estimates. The people who live in these isolated places enjoy a lifestyle and individual freedoms that many thought had long since vanished in the United States.

Untroubled by traffic jams or polluted air, their daily commute may be no more than a brisk walk across across the street. Life is simpler here but astonishingly interesting. For the people who live here, wildlife doesn't mean a night on the town. For these residents, wildlife is what they see every day - - sometimes even downtown.

It turns out these folks aren't lonely at all, but extremely friendly and fiercely independent. Their stories may be some of America's best kept and  most fascinating secrets.

1. Loving County TX - No Lawyers or Libertarians Here
2.  Kalawao Co, HI - No Children Allowed
3. King Co, TX - More Horses Than Humans
4. Arthur County, Nebraska - Hay Bale Church and Tiniest Courthouse
5.   Kenedy Co., TX - More Square Miles Than People
6. Petroleum Co.  MT - A Trailer Stealin' Sheriff
7. Blaine County Nebraska - Population 492
8. McPherson Co, NE - Boomtown Survives After 97 Years
9. San Juan County -  Colorado's Best Kept Secret
10. Thomas County, NE - A National Forest To Call Their Own
11. Borden County - Mountains of West Texas?
12. Grant County Nebraska - America's Answer To The Face on Mars
13. Loup County, Nebraska
14. Treasure County Montana
15. Slope County North Dakota - County Seat Pop: 13

 
 
 
King County Texas - Gettin a drink in the middle of the stream ca 1960
 

Loving County Courthouse

Loving County Courthouse, Texas

 

San Juan County Colorado

 
 

Borden County Texas