Phillipsburg, Kansas

**Phillipsburg** is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Phillips County. In 2020, 2,337 people lived there.

## History

Phillipsburg was created in 1872. It became the county seat because it is in the middle of the county. It became county seat on July 26, 1872, but the first people did not come until Fall 1872. It was named after politician and journalist William A. Phillips. Phillipsburg was incorporated as a city in 1880.

The first post office was created in Phillipsburg on December 23, 1872. The first postmaster was Fred A Dutton. The name of the post office was spelled Phillipsburgh until 1893. Named in honor of John Bissel, Fort Bissel was built in 1872 to protect against possible harm from Native Americans. It closed in 1878. The Fort was rebuilt in the city park in 1962. The first cemetery in the town, Close cemetery, was created on March 19, 1879 by the Fairview cemetery association. It was given to the city on June 4, 1889. A branch of the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was created through Phillipsburg in 1887. Also in 1887 complete telephone systems were installed in the city.  A fire almost destroyed the entire town square in 1906. The current courthouse was built in 1912. "Kansas' Biggest Rodeo" was first held in 1929. It happens every year on the last weekend in July or first weekend in August.

In 1939, Consumer's Cooperative Association opened the world's first cooperative oil refinery on the north edge of town. It closed in 1992.

## Geography

Phillipsburg is at  (39.755173, -99.322331). It is in northwestern Kansas on the western edge of the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. Phillipsburg is in the middle of Phillips County. It is about 20 miles south of the Nebraska border. The city is on the north side of Deer Creek, a tributary of the North Fork of the Solomon River. Plotner Creek, a tributary of Deer Creek, goes south along the western edge of the city. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.

### Weather

Phillipsburg's climate is either a humid subtropical climate (Köppen _Cwa_) or a humid continental climate (Köppen _Dwa_). Phillipsburg meets the criteria for a true winter dry season under the Köppen climate classification, which is a rare for its region and for the United States outside of South Florida. The average temperature for the year in Phillipsburg is 51 °F (11 °C), and the average yearly precipitation is 23.3 inches (594 mm). On average, January is the coldest month, July is the hottest month. May is the wettest month. The hottest temperature ever in Phillipsburg was 120 °F (49 °C) in 1936; the coldest temperature ever was -28 °F (-33 °C) in 1989.

### 2020 census

The 2020 census says that there were 2,337 people, 1,040 households, and 601 families living in Phillipsburg. Of the households, 70.6% owned their home and 29.4% rented their home.

The median age was 43.0 years. Of the people, 93.5% were White, 0.6% were Black, 0.5% were Asian, 0.3% were Native American, 0.5% were from some other race, and 4.5% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.8% of the people.

### 2010 census

The 2010 census says that there were 2,581 people, 1,116 households, and 702 families living in Phillipsburg.

## Education

Phillipsburg is has the USD 325.

The Phillipsburg Panthers have won the following Kansas State High School championships:
- 2014 Boys Track & Field - Class 3A
- 2015 Football - Class 2-1A

## Famous people

- McDill "Huck" Boyd, newspaper editor, Kansas politician
- Nelson B. McCormick, U.S. Representative from Kansas
- Wallace Pratt, geologist
- Mark Simoneau, former National Football League linebacker

## Other websites

- City
- City of Phillipsburg
- Phillipsburg - Directory of Public Officials
- Phillips County Kansas
- Schools
- USD 325, local school district
- Maps
- Phillipsburg City Map, KDOT

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Phillipsburg, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City and County seat
- **image skyline**: Phillips Co KS Courthouse.JPG
- **image caption**: Phillips County Courthouse (2010)
- **image map**: Phillips_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Phillipsburg_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Phillips County, Kansas, Phillips County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Phillips Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Phillips County, Kansas, Phillips County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Phillips County, Kansas, Phillips
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1872
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1872
- **named for**: William A. Phillips, William Phillips
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **area total sq mi**: 1.70
- **area land sq mi**: 1.70
- **area water sq mi**: 0.00
- **area total km2**: 4.39
- **area land km2**: 4.39
- **area water km2**: 0.00
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 1929
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 2337
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 67661
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 785, 785
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-55675
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 485642