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History · Childers Hill

The history of Childers Hill

Below: maps from 1936 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Childers Hill’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Childers Hill are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story

How Childers Hill came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Childers Hill.

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Childers Hill is named for Francis Gracey Childers, a Tennessee politician and Army general.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Childers Hill on the map, 1936 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Childers Hill. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Childers Hill on the 1936 USGS mapChilders Hill on the 1949 USGS mapChilders Hill on the 1972 USGS mapChilders Hill on the 1984 USGS map1936Counce sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Childers Hill.

Famous people

Famous people close to Childers Hill

Nobody well known was born in Childers Hill itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Earle MeadowsAmerican athlete · b. 1913
Albert Brewer47th Governor of Alabama · b. 1928
Elizabeth PattersonAmerican actress · b. 1874
Roscoe TurnerAmerican airplane racer · b. 1895
W. S. HollandAmerican drummer · b. 1935
Dewey PhillipsAmerican radio personality · b. 1926
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Childers Hill Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Childers Hill
Childers HillChilders Hill

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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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 Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.