Bushland, Texas

Bushland is a census-designated place (CDP) in southwestern Potter and Randall counties in Texas, United States.

The community is situated along Interstate 40, approximately 14 miles west of Amarillo in southwestern Potter County.

[2] Bushland is the halfway point between Chicago and Los Angeles, 1,062 miles from either city.

[3] In 1898, land owner Joseph Glidden (the inventor of barbed wire) transferred the Frying Pan Ranch to Mr. Bush, who was his son-in-law.

[2] In 2009, Bushland made National News after a gas pipeline ruptured near Prairie West, a local neighborhood.

[21][20] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,234 people, 709 households, and 672 families residing in the CDP.