Childress County, Texas

The Childress County is a county located in the state of Texas in the United States. The seat of the county government ( county seat ) is located in Childress.

Geography

The County is located north of the geographic center of Texas in the so-called Texas Panhandle, on the border with Oklahoma and has an area of 1848 square kilometers, of which 8 square miles is water area. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Collingsworth County, Hardeman County, Cottle County and Hall County.

History

Childress County was formed in 1876 from parts of Bexar County and Young County. It was named for George Campbell Childress, author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

In the 17th and 18th centuries lived in this area, the Apaches, in the 19th century the Comanches, who were defeated in the Red River War in 1874 by the U.S. Army and retired to the following two years in reserves.

1879 was the OX Ranch by A. Forsythe and Doss D. Swearingen, which was the size of the southern half of the county and partially extended into the Cottle and Motley County. 1883 followed the Shoe Nail Ranch in the north and the Mill Iron Ranch in the northwest, which lasted into the Collingsworth County. In the following years, these ranches particular the image of the area and the influx of other people went slow.

1887 was the County connection to the railroad, which was built from Fort Worth to the border to New Mexico. This also brought the first Farmer, who could send their goods slightly to the east along this route. In 1900 there were already 262 farms. At this time began the disintegration of the huge cattle ranches and 1910 the number of farms had increased to 961 and 1930 to 1348.

The construction of the Fort Worth and Denver South Plains Railway from Estelline to Plainview and Lubbock in the years 1927-28 and the construction of the Fort Worth and Denver Northern Railway 1931-32 to Pampa via Wellington and Shamrock brought the county an economic boom and a rapid increase in the population. Thus, the County had in 1900 only 2138 inhabitants, in 1930 already 16.044 inhabitants. Around 1940 there was a further surge in the construction of the Childress Army Air Base. After 1950, many people migrated in search of work in the surrounding larger cities and the population declined by 2000 to 7688th

Demographic data

According to the census in 2000, lived in Childress County 7,688 people in 2,474 households and 1,650 families. The population density was 4 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 67.70 percent White, 14.09 percent Black or African American, 0.33 percent Native American, 0.30 percent Asian, 0.05 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 15.70 percent from other races groups; 1.83 percent were descended from two or more races. 20.47 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,474 households out of which 31.3 per cent of children or young people who lived with them. 52.4 percent were married couples living together, 11.4 percent were single mothers and 33.3 percent were non-families. 30.8 percent of all households and 16.5 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.00.

22.1 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 12.1 percent between 18 to 24, 30.6 percent between 25 and 44, 19.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 142.4 males to 100 females age 18 and over, there were 149.5 males.

The median income for a household was $ 27,457, and the median income for a family was $ 35,543. Males had a median income of $ 25,606, women $ 20,037. The per capita income was $ 12,452. 13.7 percent of families and 17.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in County

Arlie
Carey

Childress
Kirkland

Loco
Tell

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