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Welcome to Philadelphus ...

Philadelphus is located in Robeson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Philadelphus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820.

Philadelphus is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Philadelphus lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Philadelphus: 910 & 472<3>

Communities near Philadelphus ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Philadelphus ...

Looking for more information about Philadelphus? 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 Philadelphus, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Philadelphus.

Adding Philadelphus to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Philadelphus 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 Philadelphus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Philadelphus post office opened in 1820. The Philadelphus post office closed in 1894.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Philadelphus.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Robeson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Philadelphus - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Philadelphus area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Philadelphus area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/