Phillipsburg, Kansas Phillipsburg, Kansas Location inside Phillips County and Kansas Location inside Phillips County and Kansas State Kansas Phillipsburg is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 2,581. Phillipsburg was organized in 1872 and titled the governmental center of county due to its central locale in the county on July 26, even though the first inhabitants didn't arrive until the fall of that year. It was titled for politician and journalist William A.
Phillips. Phillipsburg was incorporated as a town/city in 1880. The first postal service was established in Phillipsburg on December 23, 1872, with the first postmaster being Fred A Dutton, but the name of the postal service was spelled Phillipsburgh until 1893. Named with respect to John Bissel, Fort Bissel was assembled in 1872 to protect against perceived hostility from Native Americans and closed in 1878.
The Fort was reconstructed in town/city park in 1962. The first cemetery in the town, Close cemetery, was established on March 19, 1879 by the Fairview cmetary association and was deeded to the town/city on June 4, 1889.
A branch of the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was established through Phillipsburg in 1887.
Phillipsburg is positioned at 39 45 19 N 99 19 20 W (39.755173, -99.322331) in northwestern Kansas on the edge of the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. Phillipsburg is positioned in the middle of Phillips County, approximately 20 miles south of the Nebraska border.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.67 square miles (4.33 km2), all land. Phillipsburg's climate is either classified as a humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cwa), using the 3 C (26.6 F) isotherm of the initial Koppen scheme, or a humid continental climate (Koppen Dwa), using the 0 C (32 F) isotherm preferred by some climatologists.
Phillipsburg meets the criteria for a true winter dry season under the Koppen climate classification, which is a rarity for its region and for the United States as a whole outside of South Florida.
The average temperature for the year in Phillipsburg is 51 F (11 C), and the average annual rain is 23.3 inches (594 mm). On average, January is the coolest month, July is the warmest month, and May is the wettest month.
The hottest temperature recorded in Phillipsburg was 120 F (49 C) in 1936; the coldest temperature recorded was -28 F (-33 C) in 1989. Climate data for Phillipsburg, Kansas As of the census of 2010, there were 2,581 citizens , 1,116 homeholds, and 702 families residing in the city.
There were 1,307 housing units at an average density of 782.6 per square mile (302.2/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.7% White, 0.5% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,116 homeholds of which 28.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.9% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 37.1% were non-families.
34.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.86.
The median age in the town/city was 43 years.
24.7% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.2% were from 25 to 44; 26.1% were from 45 to 64; and 21.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,668 citizens , 1,144 homeholds, and 723 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.5% White, 0.3% African American and 0.1% Native American.
There were 1,144 homeholds out of which 27.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were married couples living together, 6.6% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families.
34.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 19.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 23.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $36,356, and the median income for a family was $43,816.
The Phillipsburg Panthers have won the following Kansas State High School championships: Since Phillipsburg is a dry climate area, the town/city jubilates its lack of rivers in a tongue-in-cheek way through its annual Riverless Festival.
Phillipsburg hosts the rodeo each year, typically amid the first week of August. United States Enumeration Bureau.
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