THE CHILDRESS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Flat Tablelands and Valleys setting.
Childress city has 8.26 square miles of land in Childress County. Its Census reference point is in Flat Tablelands and Valleys, within Southwestern Tablelands.
Canyons, mesas, badlands and river breaks border the High Plains. This more dissected country includes grassland and shrub-covered slopes, with sharper terrain changes than the neighboring plains.
Regional context: Southwestern Tablelands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Childress and Childress County
Childress is associated with Childress County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Childress by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Childress, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1.8 percentage points lower than the 2.4% recorded for Childress County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Childress city has 11.3 times the land area of nearby Estelline town (0.73 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

