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Welcome to Philbrook ...

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

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


Philbrook would have been located within present day Judith Basin County<2>.


The location of Philbrook has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Philbrook, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Philbrook is 4,230 feet [1,289 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Philbrook is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Philbrook was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Philbrook still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Philbrook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Montana communities named Philbrook: This one is located in Judith Basin County and the other is located in Fergus County.

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.

  • Stanford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hobson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hobson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hobson
    • Hobson is located in Judith Basin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hobson <5>
  • Moore
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moore
    • Moore is located in Fergus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moore <5>
  • Moccasin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Windham
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windham
    • Windham is located in Judith Basin County
  • Straw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Straw have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Straw
    • Straw is located in Fergus County
  • Buffalo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Sapphire Village
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sapphire Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sapphire Village
    • Sapphire Village is located in Judith Basin County
  • Garneill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Danvers
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danvers
    • Danvers is located in Fergus 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 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.

Adding Philbrook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Philbrook 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 Philbrook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Philbrook post office opened in 1881.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Philbrook.

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.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 Philbrook, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Montana's counties, including Judith Basin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Philbrook - 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>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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