McKinney Acres, TX

McKinney Acres is an Andrews County census-designated place with 852 residents at the 2020 census, sitting directly along the southern edge of Andrews, the county seat. It was new for the 2010 census, which tells you something about how the community fits into the map: the place has a defined statistical boundary, but its daily roads run right up against the established city next door. U.S. Route 385 traces the western edge and gives the area its clearest long-distance line.

From McKinney Acres, Route 385 leads south about 32 miles to Odessa, tying the CDP to the larger Permian Basin road network. Andrews County sits in the southern High Plains, and McKinney Acres is one of its smaller named communities. The county also lists Florey among its smaller named communities. The local picture is straightforward and very West Texas: a county seat to the north, a major highway on the west, and a community whose character comes from the way those edges meet.