TX: Loving County

MENTONE, TX - APRIL 5: Locals gather at the Boot Track Cafe April 5, 2007 along Highway 302 in Mentone, Texas, the county seat of Loving County and the town's only restaurant. Loving County's 84 residents are reported to have one of the highest per-capita incomes in the US of $89,471. Mentone has a population of 15 people. The high income level in the sparsely populated county is due to the large oil and gas reserves. Much of Loving County's oil wealth began during the oil boom of the late 1920's - 1930's. The county's natural gas production came later in the 1970's. Incorporated in 1893, Loving County has no school system and buses its children to adjacent Winkler County. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)