Mentone, Texas
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. | |
| 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) | |
• 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, its population was 22, up from 19 in 2010, almost one-quarter of the county's 82 people at the time.
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".