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Welcome to Philipse Manor ...

Philipse Manor is located in Westchester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Philipse Manor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

A typical abbreviation for Philipse Manor: Philipse Mnr.

Philipse Manor is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Philipse Manor ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.westchester.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Philipse Manor, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Philipse Manor ...

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

  • Bronx
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bronx is located in Bronx County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bronx
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,385,108 people
    • Bronx has also been known as:
    • Bronx
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bronx <3>
  • Yonkers
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Yonkers is located in Westchester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yonkers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200,040 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yonkers <3>
  • Stamford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stamford <3>
  • Stamford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Stamford is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stamford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131,397 people
  • New Rochelle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mount Vernon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Greenwich
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Greenwich is located in Fairfield County (CT)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwich
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,769 people
  • White Plains
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hackensack
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hackensack is located in Bergen County (NJ)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackensack
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,981 people
  • Spring Valley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Philipse Manor ...

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

Adding Philipse Manor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Philipse Manor post office opened in 1914. The Philipse Manor post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Philipse Manor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Westchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Philipse Manor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/