Phillipsburg is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. The population was 2,668 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Phillips County^GR6. Phillips County (standard abbreviation: PL) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ... Phillips County (standard abbreviation: PL) is a county located in the state of Kansas. ...

Geography

Phillipsburg is located in the middle of Phillips County in the northern part of Kansas, approximately 20 miles from the Nebraska border. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.1 km² (1.6 mi²), all land. Image File history File links KSMap-doton-Phillipsburg. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

History

Phillipsburg was named for politician and Civil War colonel William A. Phillips. Phillips County was named for another William Phillips, a Free-State supporter who was murdered September 1, 1856. The city was founded in 1872. The city grew rapidly in the late 1800s and early 1900s as a result of the Rock Island railroad which went through town. In 1951 an oil refinery was built on the north edge of town which also helped the local economy until it was closed in the late 1970s. TAMKO Building Products is now the largest manufacturing concern in the city. In 2007 an ethanol plant was built at the east end of town. Grain alcohol redirects here. ...

Notable residents

• Mark Simoneau - National Football League linebacker
• Robert D. Mowry - Harvard University Art Museums Curator of Chinese Art and Head of the Department of Asian Art; Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• John Mason - distance runner - Sub 4 minute miler (38 times), 14-time All-American & 6-time National Champion at Fort Hays State University
• Robert Allen Zimmerman (Bob Dylan) lived a short time in Phillipsburg sometime during his first nineteen years of life.

Mark Lee Simoneau (born January 16, 1977, in Phillipsburg, Kansas) is an NFL linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... The Harvard University Art Museums are the Fogg Art Museum, which specializes in Western Art from the Middle Ages to the present, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, which specializes in art of Central and Northern Europe, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, which specializes in ancient, Islamic and Asian art. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ...

External links

• City of Phillipsburg
• Maps and aerial photos for 39°45′19″N 99°19′20″W / 39.755173, -99.322331Coordinates: 39°45′19″N 99°19′20″W / 39.755173, -99.322331
  • Maps from WikiMapia, Google Maps, Live Search Maps, Yahoo! Maps, or MapQuest
  • Topographic maps from TopoZone or TerraServer-USA