Childs, Minnesota
Childs is an unincorporated community in Wilkin County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
History
The town of Childs was named for a local farmer, Job W. Childs, who later moved to California. The town had a post office from 1888 until 1920, 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 March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |