Region: Panhandle Plains
Known as Gateway to the Panhandle (located in the southern edge of the Texas
Panhandle) and Crossroads of Hospitality (crossroads of U.S. 287 and U.S. 83).
On U.S. 287, between Wichita Falls and Amarillo, the city has become known as a
hunters' haven. Many hunters return each year to hunt deer, quail, dove and wild
hogs. Baylor and Childress lakes are nine miles northwest of Childress and are
popular for bass fishing.
Fair Park has a historical marker for the Goodnight Trail, an extension of
the famed Goodnight-Loving Trail over which herds of cattle trekked to
market.
A 20th-century Veterans Memorial on the courthouse lawn lists Childress
County veterans who served during that period. The city still has many of the
brick streets that were put into place in the 1920s.