Childs, Minnesota

Childs is an unincorporated community in Wilkin County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

History

The town of Childs was named for a local farmer, Job W. Childs, who later moved to California.[2] The town had a post office from 1888 until 1920,[3] and a station of the Great Northern Railway which was abandoned in 1956.

Notes

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Childs, Minnesota
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 578.
  3. "Wilkin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

Coordinates: 46°03′56″N 96°32′04″W / 46.06556°N 96.53444°W / 46.06556; -96.53444


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