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

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Childs, Minnesota
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 578.
↑ "Wilkin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Breckenridge

Cities	Breckenridge Campbell Doran Foxhome Kent Nashua Rothsay‡ Wolverton

Townships	Akron Andrea Atherton Bradford Brandrup Breckenridge Campbell Champion Connelly Deerhorn Foxhome Manston McCauleyville Meadows Mitchell Nilsen Nordick Prairie View Roberts Sunnyside Tanberg Wolverton

Unincorporated communities	Brushvale Childs Everdell Lawndale McCauleyville Tenney

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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

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