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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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallatin have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
    • Gallatin is located in Sumner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,335 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallatin <5>
  • Mount Juliet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Mount Juliet. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Juliet
    • Mount Juliet is located in Wilson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,526 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Juliet <5>
  • Lebanon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Goodlettsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodlettsville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlettsville
    • Goodlettsville is located in Sumner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,736 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodlettsville <5>
  • Portland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • White House
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White House have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House
    • White House is located in Robertson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,975 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White House <5>
  • Hartsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Millersville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millersville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
    • Millersville is located in Sumner County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,798 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millersville <5>
  • Centerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Centerville is located in Wilson County
    • 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 for Phosphate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Phosphate post office opened in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phosphate.

The official website for Sumner County: www.sumnertn.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.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 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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