today's trivia
Loving County Texas had a population of 64 in the 2020 census, but more recent estimates show its population down to around 50. Its county seat, Mentone, has a population of only 12. What feature does Mentone have that is most unusual for a town this size?
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I'd also say that Mentone has.....
...the filing cabinet(s) with all the county records. Rarely is a town that size the county seat, so other towns wouldn't have the county records.
Listening to Small Town Murder podcast from time to time, and when they do the history of the towns, sometimes it's fascinating how towns get to be the county seats. In several episodes, a town became the county seat over another town when they raided the other town and stole the county records from them, making themselves the new county seat.
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They do things differently out in the Oil Patch. Friend works out there and frequently drives that stretch going from well head to well head doing maintenance. Really good gig, he'll be retired at 50.
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Mentone has a bypass that was built in 2023! Supposedly, all of the truck traffic to and from the oil fields merited the bypass; however, when I glance at the photos on google/maps, I don’t see any traffic on the bypass and not but so much in the town.
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The bypass wasn't there 30 years ago ...
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"It's my town Dalton, and don't you forget it!"
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12 people in a county of 50 probably makes it the largest town.
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If not post office, then courthouse.
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I'd guess it has this by definition...
...or it wouldn't be the county seat.
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I knew Post office was incorrect (1person towns have one), but I couldn’t think of another feature.
If the answer is what I think after a little research (no googling the question), this is a great question, @lilhokie525 !
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