Childs, Minnesota

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Childs
Unincorporated community
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Childs
Coordinates: 46°03′56″N96°32′04″W / 46.06556°N 96.53444°W / 46.06556; -96.53444
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Wilkin
Elevation
971 ft (296 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 218
GNIS feature ID654642 [1]

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. 1 2 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. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2015.


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