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Census Data for Philby

As far as we can tell, Philby has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Philby, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Archer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hospers
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Granville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Granville is located in Sioux County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
  • Sheldon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Paullina
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Paullina is located in O'Brien County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paullina
  • Primghar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sanborn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Alton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Boyden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Boyden is located in Sioux County
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  • Matlock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Calumet
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
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    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calumet
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O'Brien County ...

Philby is located in O'Brien County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for O'Brien County.

Miscellaneous Information for Philby ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either O'Brien County or the community of Philby:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Philby:
    • GNIS ID for Philby: 464698
    • GNIS ID for O'Brien County: 465259
    • GNIS ID for State of Iowa: 1779785
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 19 (Iowa)
    • County Code: 141 (O'Brien County)
    • Place Code: 62690 (Philby)
    • State & County Code: 19/141 (Iowa / O'Brien County)
    • State & Place Code: 19/62690 (Iowa / Philby)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Philby is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Philby.

Footnotes ...

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<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including O'Brien, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.