Mentone
Smallest County Seat in Texas Mentone Only town in Loving County -- last organized, most sparsely populated (both in total and per square mile) county in Texas. Established 1931 and named for an earlier town (10 miles north) which legend says was named by a French surveyor-prospector after his home on the Riviera. With population of 42, Mentone has no water system. (Water is hauled in.) Nor does it have a bank, doctor, hospital, newspaper, lawyer, civic club or cemetery. There are only two recorded graves in county. Some Indian skeletons, artifacts are found. Oil, farming, cattle country. (1967)
31.7061° N, 103.5987° W
Where to Find It
Loving County Courthouse square, corner of Pecos and Bell (SH 302)
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi NE Loving County Mentone
- 0.1 mi NE Oliver Loving, C.S.A. Mentone
- 0.2 mi NW Mentone Community Church Mentone
- 0.4 mi SW Route of Old Butterfield Stagecoach Road Mentone
- 0.5 mi SW Goodnight-Loving Trail Mentone
- 5.4 mi SW Mentone Mentone