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Loving County, TX has only 64 people
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:31 pm
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:31 pm
It has the lowest population density of any county outside of Alaska. 669 square miles and less than 100 people. That's an area bigger than all of Livingston Parish. Damn, West Texas is desolate.
Edit: The estimated population as of 2021 is 57. LINK
Edit: The estimated population as of 2021 is 57. LINK
This post was edited on 3/31/22 at 5:41 pm
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Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:33 pm to yaboidarrell
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Loving County, TX has only 64 people
Sounds like they could use more loving in Loving County.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:33 pm to yaboidarrell
The number of counties in the vast majority of states is way too high. Arizona does this right with only like 15.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:38 pm to yaboidarrell
Fun fact: Loving County is named after Oliver Loving, whom the Robert Duvall character in Lonesome Dove is based on.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:39 pm to yaboidarrell
Anybody ever been to the New Rainbow Bar downtown?
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:39 pm to yaboidarrell
quote:
Damn, West Texas is desolate
If you've ever been, you'd understand why.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:41 pm to yaboidarrell
I always enjoy looking at a map of Texas.
The vast majority of sates have counties that are roughly the same size, not exactly, but close.
Then you have this huge area in SW Texas that has these massive sized counties.
It's like they were diving the state up to counties, and got to the last part, and were like F it we're tired, we will just make them huge.
The vast majority of sates have counties that are roughly the same size, not exactly, but close.
Then you have this huge area in SW Texas that has these massive sized counties.
It's like they were diving the state up to counties, and got to the last part, and were like F it we're tired, we will just make them huge.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:41 pm to yaboidarrell
There's a chance one ol rancher baw owns the entire county, too.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:45 pm to Dragula
Terlingua is lovely in the summer.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:55 pm to yaboidarrell
And her diamond, how it sparkled, in the lights of Loving County...
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:56 pm to yaboidarrell
Loving county is so small and isolated, it was the last place in the continental U.S. to report a Covid case. They didn’t have their first case until November/December of 2020.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 4:58 pm to yaboidarrell
theres a great little cafe that serves damn good cobbler
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:00 pm to usc6158
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The number of counties in the vast majority of states is way too high. Arizona does this right with only like 15.
Iowa has 99 counties because it was written into law that people had a right to be able to reach the county seat via horseback within the day.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:27 pm to yaboidarrell
It's a wonderful place to own oil royalties, though.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:27 pm to The Third Leg
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Iowa has 99 counties because it was written into law that people had a right to be able to reach the county seat via horseback within the day.
A lot of states, including Texas, adopted this policy in the 19th century. That’s why the state has so many counties.
I think the goal was to have the majority of a county‘s population within about a 15 mile radius of the county seat. A farmer could ride 15 miles into town in the morning to conduct business, and have enough time to ride 15 miles back home in the afternoon before sunset.
Arizona is a newer state, not admitted into the union until the early 20th century. By then more modern approaches were used in establishing counties.
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:27 pm to yaboidarrell
Probably nothing but dust and tumbleweeds
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:29 pm to yaboidarrell
Charlie Robison Loving County
great song
eta:
Well, I loved a girl
She lived out in Pecos, and pretty as she could be
And I worked the rigs on out in Odessa
To give her whatever she needs
But that girl, she run with an oil company bum
'Cause the diamond was not on her hand
And he left her soon 'neath the big loving moon
To go out and X-ray the land
Now I sit in my car at the New Rainbow Bar downtown
And the frost on the windshield shines toward the sky
Like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of Loving County
Well, l walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
Thinking about her and that man
When in walked a woman, looking richer than sin
And ten years worth of work on her hand
Well, I followed her home and when she was alone
Well, I put my gun to her head
And I don't recall what happened next at all
But now that rich woman, she is dead
Now I drive down the highway
Ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
And the moon is so bright it don't look like night
And the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of Loving County
great song
eta:
Well, I loved a girl
She lived out in Pecos, and pretty as she could be
And I worked the rigs on out in Odessa
To give her whatever she needs
But that girl, she run with an oil company bum
'Cause the diamond was not on her hand
And he left her soon 'neath the big loving moon
To go out and X-ray the land
Now I sit in my car at the New Rainbow Bar downtown
And the frost on the windshield shines toward the sky
Like a thousand tiny diamonds in the lights of Loving County
Well, l walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
Thinking about her and that man
When in walked a woman, looking richer than sin
And ten years worth of work on her hand
Well, I followed her home and when she was alone
Well, I put my gun to her head
And I don't recall what happened next at all
But now that rich woman, she is dead
Now I drive down the highway
Ten miles from my sweet baby's arms
And the moon is so bright it don't look like night
And the diamond how it sparkles in the lights of Loving County
This post was edited on 3/31/22 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:31 pm to GoldenSombrero
well done 
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:31 pm to yaboidarrell
Dims will still get 65 votes
Posted on 3/31/22 at 5:36 pm to LSUFanHouston
quote:
I always enjoy looking at a map of Texas.
The vast majority of sates have counties that are roughly the same size, not exactly, but close.
Then you have this huge area in SW Texas that has these massive sized counties.
It's like they were diving the state up to counties, and got to the last part, and were like F it we're tired, we will just make them huge.
Georgia is the same way.
A lot of counties in the middle of Georgia(N-S) are around the same size. But the counties in E. & E.Central GA are bigger than the counties in the rest of the state.
This post was edited on 3/31/22 at 5:38 pm
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