Loving, Texas
Unincorporated community in Young County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Loving
Loving is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Young County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Loving had a population of 143. It lies on State Highway 114 eighteen miles southeast of Olney in the northeastern part of the county.
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How Loving is governed
Loving appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Young County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Loving does have local officials.
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Residents of Loving
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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City Manager / Administrator
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Police Chief
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Leads the police department.
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Fire Chief
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Council
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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The city's lawyer; advises officials and prosecutes ordinance violations.
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Citizen advisory bodies, such as planning, zoning appeals and library boards.
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Municipal Judge
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
Loving was founded in 1907 on land that was part of the Lost Valley Loving Ranch, owned by Oliver Loving who was the grandson of the famous cattle drover, Oliver Loving. The town was moved approximately one mile to the north in 1909 in order to be along the Gulf, Texas and Western Railroad. Trinity Townsite Company trustee B.B. Cain platted the new town on land purchased from the Steadham brothers, members of a local ranching family. Loving grew at a slow but steady pace throughout the early and middle part of the twentieth century and by 1930 possessed several churches, businesses as well as its own school, and bank. The population peaked at 350 in 1940 but subsequently declined to 240 by 1980 and maintained this level through 1990 until 2000 when it had increased to 300 residents.
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