Lometa, Texas

Lometa is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. The population was 856 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Killeen - Temple - Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.GeographyLometa is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.9sqmi, all of it land.EventsThe annual festivals in Lometa are a spring Diamond Back Jubilee, an annual livestock show, and a summer junior rodeo.Lometa has one stoplight, a recent improvement as of 2003 from the original four-way stop, in the middle of town. On the edge of town is a municipal park with camping sites and a rodeo arena and grounds.Lometa was a 200acre site platted May 17, 1886, as a railroad stop. The town was rapidly transplanted out of the nearby stagecoach stop of Senterfitt. The town had originally been called Montvale, but a change was made in 1886 when an application for a post office was made.By 1890, the population included 150 Lometans, and four years later, the town got its first newspaper. Another weekly paper was published in 1896 and a third by 1900.DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, 782 people, 291 households, and 190 families resided in the city. The population density was 866.6 people per square mile (335.5/km²). The 339 housing units averaged 375.7/sq mi (145.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.12% White, 2.30% African American, 1.02% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 11.51% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 29.80% of the population.