Mentone, Texas | |
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![Loving County Courthouse, the only two-story building in Mentone, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[1]](view_image.php?q=Mentone,_Texas&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Mentone_Courthouse.JPG) Loving County Courthouse, the only two-story building in Mentone, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[1] | |
  Mentone Location in Texas  Mentone Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′23″N 103°35′54″W / 31.70639°N 103.59833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Loving |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km2) |
| • Land | 0.17 sq mi (0.44 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,684 ft (818 m) |
| Population (2020)[3] | |
| • Total | 22 |
| • Density | 100/sq mi (50/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 79754 |
| Area code | 432 |
| FIPS code | 48-47676 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1362622 |
Mentone (/ˌmɛnˈtoʊn/) is an unincorporated town in and the county seat of Loving County, Texas, United States. As of 2020, the population was 22, up from a population of 19 in 2010,[4] almost one-quarter of the county's 82 people at the time.[5]
Mentone was, until recent years, the least-populated unincorporated county seat in the United States, but lost that distinction with the 2010 census to Gann Valley, South Dakota, which had a population of 14. Mentone was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1967 as the "Smallest County Seat in Texas".[6]
- ^ "Loving County Courthouse (ID: 06000362)". National Register of Historic Places. May 10, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
- ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2020CensusP2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Mentone CDP, Texas". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ Mentone at Texas Almanac
- ^ "Smallest County Seat in Texas - Mentone Mentone, Loving County, Texas". William Nienke, Sam Morrow. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2011. Marker number 9461.