TX: Loving County

MENTONE, TX - APRIL 5: The Boot Track Cafe sits along Highway 302 April 5, 2007 in Mentone, Texas, the county seat of Loving County. It is the town's only restaurant. Loving County's 84 residents are reported to have the highest per-capita income 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 sub surface 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)