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Welcome to Childers ...

Childers is located in Nowata County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Childers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Childers is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Childers lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Childers: 918 & 539<3>

Communities Also Named Childers ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Childers - they are located in Arkansas and Florida.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Childers.

Communities near Childers ...

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

  • Coffeyville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Nowata
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Chelsea
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • South Coffeyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • South Coffeyville is located in Nowata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Coffeyville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 730 people
  • Delaware
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Lenapah
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Talala
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Wann
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • New Alluwe
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • New Alluwe is located in Nowata County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Alluwe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
  • Jamestown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Jamestown is located in Rogers County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown

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 Childers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Childers.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Childers. 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 Childers.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Childers ...

Looking for more information about Childers? 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 Childers, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Childers.

Adding Childers to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Childers 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 Childers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Childers post office opened in 1901. The Childers post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Childers.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Nowata, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Childers - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 918 code has been Overlayed with the 539 area code. New phone numbers in the Childers area will be assigned with one of these codes: 918 or 539. As a result, placing a call in the Childers area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/