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Welcome to Philbrook ...

Philbrook is located in Todd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Philbrook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Philbrook is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Philbrook lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Philbrook ...

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

Communities near Philbrook ...

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

  • Staples
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • East Gull Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Browerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Browerville is located in Todd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browerville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 744 people
  • Motley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarissa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Randall
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Verndale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Eagle Bend
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pillager
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Bertha
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Philbrook ...

Looking for more information about Philbrook? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Philbrook, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Philbrook.

Adding Philbrook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Philbrook 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 (so far) for Philbrook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Philbrook post office opened in 1890. The Philbrook post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Philbrook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Todd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Philbrook - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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