Lometa ( ) is a city in Lampasas County, Texas, United States. The population was 753 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood metropolitan statistical area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.
Climate
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen climate classification, Lometa has a humid subtropical climate, Cfa.
History
The name Lometa originates from an English transliteration of the Spanish word lomita meaning "little hill".
Events
The annual festivals in Lometa are a spring Diamondback Jubilee, an annual livestock show, and a summer junior rodeo.
Lometa has one traffic light, 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 site platted May 17, 1886, as a railroad stop. The town was rapidly transferred 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.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lometa had a population of 753, a median age of 34.8 years, 31.2% of residents under the age of 18, and 17.3% aged 65 or older.
For every 100 females there were 95.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.0 males age 18 and over.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 427 || 56.7%
|-
| Black or African American || 11 || 1.5%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 10 || 1.3%
|-
| Asian || 3 || 0.4%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 166 || 22.0%
|-
| Two or more races || 136 || 18.1%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 360 || 47.8%
|}
2000 census
As of the census