Loving County, Texas

Loving County is a county in the state of Texas in the United States. It is the United States' smallest county by number of people. In 2000, only 67 people lived there. The county seat is Mentone.

The County is named for Oliver Loving, a cattle farmer who, along with Charles Goodnight, developed the Goodnight-Loving Trail. He died of wounds from Comanches while on a cattle drive in 1867 near the county.