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Welcome to Phillipsville ...

Phillipsville is located in Erie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phillipsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1828.

Phillipsville is 1,490 feet [454 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Phillipsville: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Phillipsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Phillipsville: This one is located in Erie County and the other is located in Chester County.

Beyond Pennsylvania, there are 5 communities that are also named Phillipsville - they are located in Alabama, California, Michigan and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Phillipsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Phillipsville ...

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

Adding Phillipsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Phillipsville post office opened in 1828. The Phillipsville post office closed in 1853.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phillipsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Erie, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phillipsville - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Phillipsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Phillipsville 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/