Welcome to Phillipsburg ...
So far, we found very little information about Phillipsburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Phillipsburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Phillipsburg - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Phillipsburg, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Phillipsburg , we believe that it would have been located within present day Custer County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Phillipsburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
Time Zone: The area where Phillipsburg was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The location where Phillipsburg once stood is in the (308) area code.
Communities Also Named Phillipsburg ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Phillipsburg - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2) and Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Phillipsburg.
Adding Phillipsburg to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Phillipsburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Phillipsburg post office opened in 1882.
We also found Phillipsburg in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Phillipsburg.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Custer County: www.co.custer.ne.us/
The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Phillipsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Custer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |