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Welcome to Phillips ...

The city of Phillips is located in Price County<1> and is the County Seat for Price County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phillips, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Phillips has a population of 1,340 people<2> (see below for details).

Phillips is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Phillips lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Phillips: 715 & 534<4>

The ZIP code for Phillips: 54555<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Phillips had an population of 1,340 people. This is a decrease of 9.34% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 20% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Phillips had a population of 1,478 people (which is 10.48% of the total population of Price County). This makes Phillips the county's 3rd most populous community.

The population of Phillips represents 0.03% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 591st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,478 people, the population of Phillips decreased 11.76% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,675 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Phillips.

Communities Also Named Phillips ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Phillips - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana (2), Maine, Michigan (2), Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (3), Utah, Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Phillips ...

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

  • Park Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Park Falls is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Park Falls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,192 people
  • Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lake is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
    • Estimated population in 2015: 1,106 people
  • Prentice
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hawkins
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Hawkins is located in Rusk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hawkins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 275 people
  • Kennan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Kennan is located in Price County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
  • Catawba
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lugerville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Worcester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fifield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Kennedy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Phillips. Our list includes 6 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Phillips.

Adding Phillips to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phillips 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 Phillips was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Phillips post office opened in 1876.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phillips.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Price, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Phillips.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Phillips - 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 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Phillips area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Phillips area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Phillips). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Phillips or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/