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Welcome to Phipps ...

So far, we found very little information about Phipps. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Phipps to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Phipps, please Contact Us.


Phipps would have been located within present day Hale County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Phipps, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Phipps, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Phipps is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Phipps was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Phipps ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Phipps - they are located in Florida, Kansas, Quebec, Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Phipps.

Communities near Phipps ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Phipps.

  • Tuscaloosa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Brent
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Moundville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moundville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moundville
    • Moundville is located in Hale County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,497 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moundville <5>
  • Greensboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Coaling
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coaling have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coaling
    • Coaling is located in Tuscaloosa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,633 people
  • Akron
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Duncanville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Duncanville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duncanville
    • Duncanville is located in Tuscaloosa County
  • Powers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powers have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powers
    • Powers is located in Hale County
  • Egypt ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Egypt have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Egypt
    • Egypt is located in Bibb County
  • Hagler
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hagler have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagler
    • Hagler is located in Tuscaloosa County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Phipps. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Phipps.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Phipps. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phipps.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Phipps. See our Newspapers Page for Phipps.

Adding Phipps to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phipps in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Phipps was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Phipps post office opened in 1878.

We also found Phipps in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phipps.

The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.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 Phipps, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Hale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phipps - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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