Loving County, Texas
Loving County is a county in the state of Texas in the United States. It is the United States' smallest county by number of people.[1] In 2020, only 64 people lived there.[2] The county seat is Mentone.
| Loving County, Texas | |
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| Map | |
 Location in the state of Texas | |
 Texas's location in the U.S. | |
| Statistics | |
| Founded | 1887 |
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| Seat | Mentone |
| Largest community | Mentone |
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
677 sq mi (1,753 km²) 669 sq mi (1,733 km²) 7.8 sq mi (20 km²), 1.1 |
| Population - (2020) - Density |
64 .095/sq mi (0/km²) |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website: www.co.loving.tx.us | |
| Named for: Oliver Loving | |
The County is named for Oliver Loving, a cattle farmer who, along with Charles Goodnight, developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He died of wounds from Comanches while on a cattle drive in 1867 near the county.
Loving County, Texas Media
Water tower, Loving County
24 in by 24 in (600 mm by 600 mm) Texas State Highway shield, made to the specifications of the sign detail. Uses the Roadgeek 2005 fonts. (United States law does not permit the copyrighting of typeface designs, and the fonts are meant to be copies of a U.S. Government-produced work anyway.) Colors (for Recreation Road shields) are from
References
- ↑ Blumenthal, Ralph (25 February 2006). "1 Cafe, 1 Gas Station, 2 Roads: America's Emptiest County" – via NYTimes.com.
- ↑ "Loving County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
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