Channing is a city in Hartley County, Texas, in the United States. It is the county seat of Hartley County. As of the 2020 United States census, the city’s population was 281.

Channing was founded in 1888 by George Channing Rivers, a paymaster for the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. The unity was originally called Rivers. Since the proclaim Rivers duplicated substitute community in Texas, the reveal was tainted to Channing difficult that year. Channing developed directly from its connection with the XIT Ranch, a property that afterward included home in as many as 10 counties in the Texas Panhandle.

In 1891, Willis D. Twitchell platted Channing’s business district. At that time, Channing was the headquarters of the XIT. Albert Boyce, the ranch’s general superintendent and one of the most prominent in advance citizens, built the first house in the community. By 1900, Channing had two stores, a name office, lumber yard, and school.

Two elections, one in November 1896 and the extra in 1903, were required for Channing to replace Hartley as county seat. The frame courthouse was pulled to Channing upon wheels by mounted XIT cowboys in 1903. A brick courthouse was completed in 1906 and the native courthouse was converted into the once-famous Hotel Rivers. One of the first public libraries in the Panhandle was time-honored in 1908 by a local women’s club. The estimated population at this grow old was about 600.