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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[3].
[edit] 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 1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), all of it land.
[edit] 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 1980s. 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Find a County. National Association of Counties. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
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