Kirkland, Texas

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Kirkland, Texas
Unincorporated community
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Kirkland
Coordinates: 34°22′45″N100°3′41″W / 34.37917°N 100.06139°W / 34.37917; -100.06139
Country United States
State Texas
County Childress
Elevation
1,696 ft (517 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 940
GNIS feature ID1360698 [1]

Kirkland is an unincorporated community in southeastern Childress County, Texas, United States. [1] According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 102 in 2000.

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Geography

Kirkland is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 287 and Farm to Market Road 1033, 8 mi (13 km) southeast of Childress and 20 mi (32 km) northwest of Quanah in southwestern Childress County. [2] The community used to be on Texas State Highway 5 in February 1930. [3] Loop 6 also used to travel through the community from September 26, 1939 to October 5, 1972. [4]

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Kirkland has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. [5]

Education

Kirkland had a three-room school in the 1920s. It joined the Childress Independent School District in 1958. [6]

Kirkland Cemetery

Located approximately one-half mile from the current Kirkland town site, the Kirkland cemetery is two long wooded savannahs of marble headstones along a dirt road, containing the last earthly remains of citizens back to 1908. The land the cemetery sits on was donated by James William Sharp sometime before March 1908. James W Sharp, his first wife Alberta, as well as two children, are of the 725 well-marked gravestones that stand on this site. There are also 45 veterans, including 7 Confederate Veterans of the Civil War, 10 World War I veterans, 22 World War II veterans, three Korean War veterans and three Vietnam War veterans. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kirkland, Texas
  2. ↑ "Kirkland, Texas". Texas Escapes Online Magazine. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Minutes" (PDF). publicdocs.txdot.gov. Texas Department of Transportation. February 24, 1930. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 25, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  4. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 6". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation . Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ Climate Summary for Kirkland, Texas
  6. ↑ Kirkland, TX from the Handbook of Texas Online
  7. ↑ Key, Sydney. "Kirkland Cemetery". Cemeteries of Texas. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
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