Childs, Minnesota

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States}}

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Childs is an unincorporated community in Wilkin County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.{{GNIS|654642}}

History

The town of Childs was named for a local farmer, Job W. Childs, who later moved to California.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n595 578]}} The town had a post office from 1888 until 1920,{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wilkin |title=Wilkin County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=14 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232417/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Wilkin |archivedate=4 March 2016 }} and a station of the Great Northern Railway which was abandoned in 1956.

Notes

Category:Unincorporated communities in Wilkin County, Minnesota

Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota