Porterville

Ghost town · Loving County, Texas

Mentone quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Porterville is a ghost town in Loving County, Texas, recorded as human settlement in United States of America. It is the only former community in Loving County recorded on the federal names register, out of 445 across Texas.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Porterville as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 31.6869° N, 103.6181° W.

Key facts

Nearest living town	Mentone, TX
Distance to it	1.8 miles
Coordinates	31.68692, -103.61811

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What's there now

Porterville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mentone, TX (population 12), about 1.8 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Orla
ghost town · Reeves County · 19.6 mi
Pyote
ghost town · Ward County · 30.7 mi
Lookout
ghost town · Eddy County · 47.6 mi

Sources and licences

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U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.