LAKE CHILDRESS
LAKE CHILDRESS. Lake Childress is eight miles northwest of Childress in Childress County. This reservoir, built on a tributary of Baylor Creek in 1923, had an original capacity of 4,600 acre-feet; it is adjacent to Baylor Creek Reservoir. In 1964 it was still part of the city's water supply system, as was the smaller Williams Reservoir to the southeast.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
C. L. Dowell, Dams and Reservoirs in Texas: History and Descriptive Information (Texas Water Commission Bulletin 6408 [Austin, 1964]).
Citation
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Seth D. Breeding, "LAKE CHILDRESS," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rol23), accessed May 19, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
