Official Name: | Childress, Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Shenandoah Valley#USA Virginia#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Childress |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Montgomery |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1946 |
Coordinates: | 37.0561°N -80.5044°W |
Area Code: | 540 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1477201 |
Childress is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States. Childress is located on State Route 693 7.3miles southwest of Christiansburg.
Childress contained a post office from 1852 until 1952.[1] The original name of the post office, Childress Store, honors three brothers named Childress who kept a store in the community.[2]
The Bowyer-Trollinger Farm, Cromer House, and Thomas Hall House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.