Mentone, Texas

Mentone, Texas
Loving County Courthouse, the only two-story building in Mentone, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Loving County Courthouse, the only two-story building in Mentone, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Mentone is located in Texas
Mentone
Mentone
Location in Texas
Mentone is located in the United States
Mentone
Mentone
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 31°42′23″N 103°35′54″W / 31.70639°N 103.59833°W / 31.70639; -103.59833
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyLoving
Founded1931
Area
 • Total0.17 sq mi (0.44 km2)
 • Land0.17 sq mi (0.44 km2)
 • Water0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
2,684 ft (818 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total22
 • Density100/sq mi (50/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
79754
Area code432
FIPS code48-47676
GNIS feature ID1362622

Mentone (/ˌmɛnˈtn/) 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]

  1. ^ "Loving County Courthouse (ID: 06000362)". National Register of Historic Places. May 10, 2006. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2020CensusP2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Mentone CDP, Texas". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Mentone at Texas Almanac
  6. ^ "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.