Kirkland, Texas | |
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  Kirkland  Kirkland | |
| Coordinates: 34°22′45″N100°3′41″W / 34.37917°N 100.06139°W | |
| 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 ID | 1360698 [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.
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]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Kirkland has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps. [5]
Kirkland had a three-room school in the 1920s. It joined the Childress Independent School District in 1958. [6]
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]
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