Welcome to Phon ...

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

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

Phon would have been located within present day Garfield County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Phon is 2,480 feet [756 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Phon is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Phon was located: 406

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Phon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Phon.

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

Adding Phon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phon 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 Phon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Phon post office opened in 1915.

We also found Phon on a map titled Hixson Map of Montana (1950).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phon.

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 Phon, 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 Garfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/