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Childress (/ˈtʃɪldrɪs/ CHIL-driss) (established 1887; incorporated 1890) is a city in Childress County, Texas, United States. Its 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 9th among the 10 “most conservative” cities in the United States in regard to political contributions. Other West Texas communities in the most conservative lineup are Hereford (number one), Monahans (number five), and Dalhart in Dallam County in the far northwestern Texas Panhandle (number eight). Princeton in Collin County north of Dallas ranked number two. In contrast, Vashon Island, Washington was named the “most liberal” city in the nation in terms of political donations.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21 km), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) is covered by water.

Childress is bordered on the west by Hall County, on the southeast by Hardeman County, on the northeast by Harmon County, Oklahoma, on the north by Collingsworth County, and on the south by Cottle County.

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