Marker Inscription
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)
About this site
Mentone is a historical marker in Mentone, Loving County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 6 historical markers documented in Loving County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 7 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7061, -103.5987 near Mentone. The nearest cataloged historic site is Loving County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Loving, Oliver, C. S. A., Mentone Community Church, and Butterfield Stagecoach Road, Route of Old.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5301003338. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
