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We found 35 communities that share the name Phillips.
Within Montana, the name Phillips is unique.
Beyond Montana, we know of another 35 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Etowah County
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Phillips [Etowah County].
Arkansas
Craighead County
This Phillips is located in Craighead County and lies 1,232 miles [1,982.7 km]<2> to the southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Craighead County community of Phillips.
California
El Dorado County
This Phillips is located in El Dorado County and lies 873 miles [1,405 km]<2> to the southwest of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the El Dorado County community of Phillips.
Florida
Duval County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Phillips [Duval County].
Hillsborough County
This Phillips is located in Hillsborough County and lies 1,953 miles [3,143 km]<2> to the southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Phillips.
Georgia
Madison County
This Phillips is located in Madison County and lies 1,601 miles [2,576.6 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Madison County community of Phillips.
Illinois
Fulton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Phillips [Fulton County].
Iowa
Wapello County
This Phillips is located in Wapello County and lies 911 miles [1,466.1 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wapello County community of Phillips.
Kansas
Marshall County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Phillips [Marshall County].
Louisiana
Bienville Parish
This Phillips is located in Bienville Parish and lies 1,329 miles [2,138.8 km]<2> to the southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bienville Parish community of Phillips.
Grant Parish
This community is historic<1> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Phillips [Grant Parish].
Maine
Franklin County
This Phillips is located in Franklin County and lies 1,794 miles [2,887.2 km]<2> to the east of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Franklin County community of Phillips.
Michigan
Houghton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Phillips [Houghton County].
Saginaw County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Phillips [Saginaw County].
Nebraska
Hamilton County
This Phillips is located in Hamilton County and lies 696 miles [1,120.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hamilton County community of Phillips.
Oklahoma
Coal County
This Phillips is located in Coal County and lies 1,121 miles [1,804.1 km]<2> to the southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Coal County community of Phillips.
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
This Phillips is located in Fayette County and lies 1,509 miles [2,428.5 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fayette County community of Phillips.
Potter County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Phillips [Potter County].
Tioga County
This Phillips is located in Tioga County and lies 1,545 miles [2,486.4 km] to the east of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tioga County community of Phillips.
South Carolina
Orangeburg County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Phillips [Orangeburg County].
Tennessee
Cocke County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Phillips [Cocke County].
Davidson County
This Phillips is located in Davidson County and lies 1,367 miles [2,200 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davidson County community of Phillips.
Hardin County
This Phillips is located in Hardin County and lies 1,351 miles [2,174.2 km] to the southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hardin County community of Phillips.
Monroe County
This Phillips is located in Monroe County and lies 1,492 miles [2,401.1 km] to the east southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Phillips.
Texas
Hutchinson County
This Phillips is located in Hutchinson County and lies 923 miles [1,485.4 km]<2> to the south southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hutchinson County community of Phillips.
Upshur County
This Phillips is located in Upshur County and lies 1,272 miles [2,047.1 km] to the southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Upshur County community of Phillips.
Washington County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Phillips [Washington County].
Utah
Davis County
This Phillips is located in Davis County and lies 521 miles [838.5 km]<2> to the south southwest of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Davis County community of Phillips.
Virginia
Floyd County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Phillips [Floyd County].
Stafford County
This Phillips is located in Stafford County and lies 1,673 miles [2,692.4 km]<2> to the east southeast of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Stafford County community of Phillips.
Washington
Lewis County
This Phillips is located in Lewis County and lies 689 miles [1,108.8 km]<2> to the west of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lewis County community of Phillips.
West Virginia
Logan County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Phillips [Logan County].
Raleigh County
We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Phillips [Raleigh County].
Wisconsin
Price County
This Phillips is located in Price County and lies 852 miles [1,371.2 km]<2> to the east of the Phillips that is located in Phillips County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Price County community of Phillips.
Wyoming
Laramie County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Phillips [Laramie County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Phillips ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
Big Warm ‑ Historic (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Big Warm have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Phillips to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Phillips and extending to:
Malta, which is the Seat of Phillips County, lies 22 miles [35.4 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Phillips to Malta, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 208 miles [334.7 km] to the west southwest (WSW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take a little over three hours, a buggy would take 9 days and walking would take 12 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,669 miles [2,686 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 66 days and walking would take 95 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,467 miles [10,407.6 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,236 miles [11,645.2 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,239 miles [8,431.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
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>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Phillips) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Phillips. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 48.0936, Longitude: -108.1640 In this case, the coordinates for Phillips have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<3>
If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Phillips could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<4>
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.
<5>
While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>
While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>
The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Phillips to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 329.476 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 329.311 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 318.665 degrees.