Welcome to West Philadelphia ...

West Philadelphia is located in the Bootheel of Missouri.

West Philadelphia is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Philadelphia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for West Philadelphia: W. Philadelphia

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

Area Codes for West Philadelphia: 573 & 235<2>

Communities Also Named West Philadelphia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named West Philadelphia - they are located in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Adding West Philadelphia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Philadelphia 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 for West Philadelphia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the West Philadelphia post office opened in 1837.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Philadelphia.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the West Philadelphia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the West Philadelphia area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/