[5] The city and county were named in honor of George Campbell Childress, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, who was the principal author of the Texas Declaration of Independence.

[6] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,737 people, 1,936 households, and 1,316 families residing in the city.

[14][15] The United States Postal Service operates the Childress Post Office.

[16] In December 2015, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer voted Childress ninth among the 10 "most conservative" cities in the United States in regard to political contributions.

Princeton in Collin County, north of Dallas, ranked number two.

In contrast, Vashon Island, Washington was named the "most liberal" city in the nation in terms of political donations.

Nearby is the stadium for the Childress High School football team.

Basketball teams play in a gym on the high-school campus and the baseball team plays on a field located between the campus and Fair Park.