Welcome to Phillipsdale ...

Phillipsdale is located in Providence County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phillipsdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Phillipsdale is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Phillipsdale: 401

Websites for Phillipsdale ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Phillipsdale ...

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

• Fall River
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
• Warwick
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Warwick is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
• Cranston
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Cranston is located in Providence County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
• Taunton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Taunton is located in Bristol County (MA)
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 57,675 people
• Attleboro
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
• Woonsocket
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Woonsocket is located in Providence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woonsocket
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,545 people
• Cumberland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Cumberland is located in Providence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,207 people
• Coventry
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Coventry is located in Kent County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
• Franklin
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
• North Providence
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • North Providence is located in Providence County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Phillipsdale ...

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

Adding Phillipsdale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phillipsdale 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 Phillipsdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Phillipsdale post office opened in 1897. The Phillipsdale post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phillipsdale.