Phillipsburg
Founded and laid out in 1872 by settlers
from Doniphan County, Phillipsburg was named for Col. William
A. Phillips, a member of Congress from Kansas. Governor Harved
issued a proclamation organizing Phillips County in 1872, and
he designated Phillipsburg to be the county seat. Families started
arriving in the fall of 1872 and began building homes and businesses.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
http://www.phillipsburgks.us/community/history/history.htm
Phillipsburg-Phillips County centennial, 1872-1972. Edited by
Cecil B. Kingery. 1972.
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