Welcome to Phillip ...

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

We've added Phillip to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Phillip - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Phillip, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Phillip , we believe that it would have been located within present day Fayette County<2>.

The pronunciation of Phillip: FILL-ihps<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phillip, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Time Zone: The area where Phillip was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Phillip was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Phillip ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Phillip - it's located in Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Phillip.

Adding Phillip to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Phillip post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phillip.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Fayette County: www.fayette-co-oh.com/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.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 Phillip, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Phillip. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<4>	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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Phillip area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Phillip area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/