thumb|upright|Historical Marker of the City of Lovelady
Lovelady is a town in Houston County, Texas, United States. The population was 570 at the 2020 census.
History
Lovelady was founded by investors of the Houston & Great Northern Railroad as a railway line was built through a land grant of Cyrus Lovelady, near the communities of Nevil's Prairie, Pennington, and Weldon. The U.S. Post Office opened on November 8, 1872. The town soon had livery, stables, blacksmith shop, and hotels, prospering as both a marketplace and a shipping point. By 1876 a public school was held in a local log house. Lovelady was incorporated in 1927.
Geography
Lovelady is located in southern Houston County. Texas State Highway 19 runs through the center of town as Commerce Street, leading north to Crockett, the county seat, and south the same distance to Trinity.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Lovelady has a total area of , of which , or 0.44%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lovelady had a population of 570 and 219 households.
The median age was 38.7 years. 26.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.8% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 85.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.9 males age 18 and over.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census
! Race !! Number !! Percent
|-
| White || 425 || 74.6%
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| Black or African American || 68 || 11.9%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 7 || 1.2%
|-
| Asian || 6 || 1.1%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%
|-
| Some other race || 22 || 3.9%
|-
| Two or more races || 42 || 7.4%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 78 || 13.7%
|}
2000 census
As of the 2000 census
Government and infrastructure
Eastham Unit, a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men, is located in unincorporated Houston County, southwest of Lovelady.