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Childress County
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county in Texas, United States
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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Within Vinony's link graph, Childress County is referenced by 462 other articles, and connects out to United States Census Bureau, African Americans and race and ethnicity in the United States Census.
The entry is geolocated on the map in TX.
Vinony files it under 1887 establishments in Texas, Childress County, Texas and Populated places in the United States established in 1887.
Its subject is documented across 52 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- 13th
- Website
- www .childresstx .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Childress County
- Population
- 6664
- Area
- 1848
- Elevation
- 519
- Official website
- www.childresstx.us
- Image
- Veterans Memorial at the Childress County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2308
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- IPA transcription
- ˈtʃɪldrɪs
- Commons category
- Childress County, Texas
- inception
- 1887-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.4
- native label
- Childress County
- per capita income
- 23373
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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