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Welcome to Phillips ...

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

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

Phillips would have been located within present day Grant Parish<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phillips, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Phillips is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Phillips was located: 318 & 457<4>

Communities Also Named Phillips ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Louisiana communities named Phillips: This one is located in Grant Parish and the other is located in Bienville Parish.

Beyond Louisiana, there are 35 communities that are also named Phillips - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan (2), Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Phillips ...

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

  • Colfax
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Boyce
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Montgomery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Natchez
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Pollock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Dry Prong
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Creola
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Creola is located in Grant Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
    • Creola has also been known as:
    • Creola village
  • Atlanta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Marco
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Marco is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
  • Lena
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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 Phillips. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Phillips.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Phillips. 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 Phillips.

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

Adding Phillips to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phillips in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Phillips was on a map titled Map of Louisiana (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phillips.

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 Phillips, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phillips - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Phillips area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Phillips area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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