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History · Childstown Township

Childstown Township’s post office opened in 1872, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Childstown Township was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Its Register listing is the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-016-150.

1872first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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How Childstown Township began

When was Childstown Township founded?

1872

The Childstown Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Childstown (1872), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 200154 years
Founding year: the first Childstown Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Childstown Township

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1999
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridg…
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-016-150, built 1935
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Stone arch1
All 1 listings
South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-016-150Structure · listed 1999

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Childstown, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
ChildstownlocaleGerman Evangelist Churchchurch
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Childstown Township
SalemUnruh FamilyWest

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Salem Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townValley TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRosefield TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townNorway Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Childstown Township’s history

What year was Childstown Township founded?

The Childstown Township post office opened in 1872, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Childstown Township?

One place: the South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 63-016-150 (listed 1999).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (1), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.