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Bushland is an unincorporated census-designated place in southwestern Potter County, with a small portion extending into Randall County, along Interstate 40 about fourteen miles west of Amarillo.

Bushland began as a station on the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway, and on July 3, 1908, William Henry Bush — owner of the vast Frying Pan Ranch — and S. H. Smiser dedicated its townsite.

Bushland's post office opened in January 1909, and for decades the community stayed tiny, hovering near 20 residents in the 1910s and 1920s and reaching only 175 by 1940.

Bushland was first counted as a census-designated place in the 2020 census, which recorded 2,234 residents — far more than the old village core, because the CDP takes in the surrounding rural subdivisions.

The 2020 census counted 709 households and 672 families in Bushland, an unusually family-heavy community.

Bushland sits at 3,825 feet elevation on the High Plains of the Amarillo metropolitan area.

Census Bureau survey estimates give Bushland a median household income of about $146,000 and a median home value of about $424,900, making it one of the most affluent small communities in the Panhandle, and only about 2.5% of its households rent.

Public education in Bushland is provided by the Bushland Independent School District, which runs Bushland Elementary School, Bushland Middle School and Bushland High School for roughly 1,455 students and also serves the town of Bishop Hills and parts of west Amarillo.

Bushland is also home to a federal Conservation and Production Research Laboratory studying farming and ranching on the semi-arid High Plains.