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Welcome to Phosphate ...

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

We've added Phosphate to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Phosphate, please Contact Us.

Phosphate would have been located within present day Sumner County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phosphate, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Phosphate is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Phosphate was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Phosphate was located: 615 & 629<4>

Communities Also Named Phosphate ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Phosphate - they are located in Arkansas, Florida and Montana.

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

Communities near Phosphate ...

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

  • Hendersonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Gallatin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Juliet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Lebanon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Goodlettsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Portland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • White House
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Hartsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Millersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Centerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Centerville is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 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 Phosphate. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Phosphate.

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

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

Adding Phosphate to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phosphate 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 (so far) for Phosphate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Phosphate post office opened in 1899. The Phosphate post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phosphate.

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 Phosphate, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sumner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phosphate - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Phosphate area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Phosphate area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/