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

Childs
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°03′56″N 96°32′04″W
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(s)	218
GNIS feature ID	654642[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.

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