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Kirkland, Texas

Kirkland, Texas
Unincorporated community
Kirkland is located in Texas
Kirkland
Kirkland
Kirkland is located in the United States
Kirkland
Kirkland
Coordinates: 34°22′45″N 100°3′41″W / 34.37917°N 100.06139°W / 34.37917; -100.06139
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyChildress
Elevation
1,696 ft (517 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code940
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.

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. ^ a b 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.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkland,_Texas