| Official Name: | Kirkland, Texas |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Kirkland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Childress |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1,696 |
| Coordinates: | 34.3792°N -100.0614°W |
| Area Code: | 940 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1360698 |
Kirkland is an unincorporated community in southeastern Childress County, Texas, United States. 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, 8miles southeast of Childress and 20miles northwest of Quanah in southwestern Childress County.[1] The community used to be on Texas State Highway 5 in February 1930.[2] Loop 6 also used to travel through the community from September 26, 1939 to October 5, 1972.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Kirkland has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[3]
Kirkland had a three-room school in the 1920s. It joined the Childress Independent School District in 1958.
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.[4]