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Childress
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city in and county sear of Childress County, Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Childress
- Mayor
- Cary Preston
- Total
- 8.31 sq mi (21.53 km )
- Land
- 8.26 sq mi (21.39 km )
- Water
- 0.054 sq mi (0.14 km )
- Elevation
- 1,949 ft (594 m)
- Density
- 732.2/sq mi (282.71/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-14668
- Website
- www .cityofchildress .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Childress
- Population
- 5737
- Area
- 21.531565
- Elevation
- 570
- Official website
- childresstexas.com
- Image
- Veterans Memorial at the Childress County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 1936
- Dialing code
- 940
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- Childress, Texas
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- Childress, Texas
- postal code
- 79201
- native label
- Childress
- inception
- 1890-00-00
- P8168
- Chagall
- water as percent of area
- 0.6449
- per capita income
- 21691
- IPA transcription
- ˈtʃɪldrɪs
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Childress (/ˈtʃɪldrɪs/ CHIL-driss) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in and the county seat of Childress County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,737 at the 2020 census.
The city and county were named after George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence. The county and city were incorporated more than four decades after Childress' death.
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