Childersburg is billed as the oldest settlement in the nation, predating even St. Augustine, Fla. That's because the area was visited and its location recorded in 1540 when explorer Hernando De ...

On May 22, 2022, Michael Jennings, a pastor at a church in Childersburg, Alabama, was watering his out-of-town neighbor's flowers when another neighbor called 911 to report a suspicious person.