Handbook of Texas Online Ochiltree County is in the far northern
Panhandle, bordered on the north by Oklahoma, on the east by
Lipscomb County, on the south by Roberts County, and on the west
by Hansford County. The county is in the heart of the High
Plains, with its center at 36°17' north latitude and 100°49'
west longitude. Perryton, the county seat, is in the north
central part of the county, 120 miles northeast of Amarillo. The
area was named for William Beck Ochiltree, a Republic of Texas
judge, secretary of treasury, and an officer in the army of the
Confederacy. The county occupies 907 square miles of level
prairies cut by Wolf Creek, which runs eastward from the center
of the county; by South Wolf Creek, which runs northward into
Wolf Creek from the south central part of the county; and by
Palo Duro and Chiquita creeks, which flow northward into
Oklahoma from the northwestern corner of the county. These
streams are all intermittent. The rich clay and loam soils
support abundant native grasses as well a