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History · Phippsburg

Phippsburg’s post office opened in 1909, and 70% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on.

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Quick answers

How Phippsburg began

When was Phippsburg founded?

1909

The Phippsburg post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 234117 years
Founding year: the first Phippsburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Phippsburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Phippsburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Phippsburg’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Phippsburg’s history is told.

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The story

How Phippsburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Phippsburg.

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The Phippsburg post office has been in operation since 1909. The community was named after Lawrence C. Phipps, a Colorado legislator.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Phippsburg, decade by decade

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On the map

Phippsburg on the map, 1972 to 2000

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Phippsburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Phippsburg on the 1972 USGS mapPhippsburg on the 2000 USGS map1972Yampa sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Phippsburg.

Famous people

Famous people close to Phippsburg

Nobody well known was born in Phippsburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Todd LodwickAmerican Nordic combined skier · b. 1976
Johnny SpillaneAmerican Nordic combined skier · b. 1980
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Arielle GoldAmerican snowboarder · b. 1996
Bryan FletcherNordic combined skier · b. 1986
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Taylor FletcherSki jumper and Nordic combined skier · b. 1990
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Taylor GoldAmerican snowboarder · b. 1993

Questions about Phippsburg’s history

What year was Phippsburg founded?

The Phippsburg post office opened in 1909, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.