Kress is located on US 87/I-27 in southern
Swisher County, south of
Amarillo.
In the 1980s Kress remained an active agribusiness center with an affiliated school, a city park, five churches, and thirty businesses. The Missouri Beef Packers plant, which in the 1980s reportedly had the world's largest beef kill capacity under one roof, is on the highway south of Kress.
The town reported a population of 783 in 1984. In 1991 Kress reported 759 residents and forty-two rated businesses.