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Not-So-Loving County – Texas Monthly

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So few people, yet so many feuds.

OUT WHERE THE RADIO SIGNALS FADE to static, past where the telephone poles and speed limit signs end, lies one of the loneliest spots on earth: Loving County, where the oil wells outnumber the people ten to one. One hundred and two humans live here, to be exact, making it officially the least-populous area in the nation. "If we have two people with the flu," says county judge Don Creager, "that's an epidemic." The county seat, Mentone (population: 15), is the kind of town you'd miss if you blinked, just a few scattered homes, a short-order cafe, a filling station, a post office, and the courth

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