Childress County
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Childress County is a county located in Texas in the United States. It is one of many counties that make up the state's administrative divisions.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Named after
- George Campbell Childress
- Seat
- Childress
- Largest city
- Childress
- Total
- 714 sq mi (1,850 km )
- Land
- 696 sq mi (1,800 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 2.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,643
- Density
- 9.57/sq mi (3.70/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
Article
Childress County (/ˈtʃɪldrɪs/ CHIL-driss) is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,664. The county seat is Childress. The county was created in 1876 and later organized in 1887. It is named for George Campbell Childress, the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
County and regional history is preserved in the Childress County Heritage Museum in downtown Childress. The Bradley 3 Ranch, operated by matriarch Minnie Lou Bradley, is entirely in Childress County, but has a Memphis (Hall County) mailing address.