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Welcome to Childsdale ...

Childsdale is located in Kent County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Childsdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Childsdale is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Childsdale lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Childsdale: 616

Communities near Childsdale ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Childsdale.

  • Grand Rapids
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Wyoming
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kentwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Walker
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Grandville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • East Grand Rapids
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Greenville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Belding
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Sparta
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Coopersville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Childsdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Childsdale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Childsdale. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Childsdale.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Childsdale. See our Newspapers Page for Childsdale.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Childsdale ...

Looking for more information about Childsdale? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Childsdale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Childsdale.

Adding Childsdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Childsdale in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Childsdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Childsdale post office opened in 1900. The Childsdale post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Childsdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Childsdale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/