County Seat: Childress | County Population: 6,664 (2020 Census)
The Childress County Courthouse boasts a Moderne style as designed by Townes & Funk of Amarillo. The stone county capitol was completed in 1939. The county’s first courthouse burned on Oct. 21,1891, after only two weeks of use. June Rayfield Welch, author of “The Texas Courthouse Revisited,” discusses the theories behind the blaze: Some blamed Confederate veterans who … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Childress County Courthouse
