Childress, Texas
| Childress, Texas | |
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| City | |
Veterans Memorial at the Childress County Courthouse (built 1939)
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| Motto: Gateway to the Panhandle | |
 Location of Childress, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 34°25′30″N 100°12′50″W / 34.42500°N 100.21389°WCoordinates: 34°25′30″N 100°12′50″W / 34.42500°N 100.21389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Childress |
| Incorporated | 1890 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brett Parr |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.3 sq mi (21.5 km2) |
| • Land | 8.2 sq mi (21.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,870 ft (570 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,105 |
| • Density | 744.5/sq mi (285.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 79201 |
| Area code(s) | 940 |
| FIPS code | 48-14668 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1354393 |
Childress (/ˈtʃɪldrᵻs/ CHILL-driss) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,905 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Childress County.
The city and county were named in honor of 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's death.
In December 2015, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer voted Childress ninth among the ten "most conservative" cities in the United States in regard to political contributions. Other West Texas communities in the most conservative lineup are Hereford (No. 1), Monahans (No. 5), and Dalhart in Dallam County in the far northwestern Texas Panhandle (No. 8). Princeton in Collin County north of Dallas ranked No. 2. In contrast, El Cerrito, California, was named the "most liberal" city in the nation in terms of political donations.
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