Phillipsburg, New Jersey

Phillipsburg, New Jersey
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Coordinates: 40°41′31″N75°10′44″W / 40.691974°N 75.179006°W / 40.691974; -75.179006 [1] [2]
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Warren
Incorporated	March 8, 1861
Named for	William Phillips
Government [3]
• Type	Faulkner Act (mayor–council)
• Body	Town Council
•  Mayor	Todd M. Tersigni (R, term ends December 31, 2023) [4] [5]
•  Administrator	Robert A. Bengivenga Jr. [6]
•  Municipal clerk	Lorraine Loudenberry (acting) [7]
Area [8]
• Total	3.31 sq mi (8.58 km2)
• Land	3.19 sq mi (8.26 km2)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2)  3.66%
• Rank	324th of 565 in state 19th of 22 in county [1]
Elevation [9]	299 ft (91 m)
Population  (2020) [10] [11]
• Total	15,249
• Estimate  (2023) [10] [12]	15,328
• Rank	171st of 565 in state 1st of 22 in county [13]
• Density	4,778.8/sq mi (1,845.1/km2)
• Rank	121st of 565 in state 1st of 22 in county [13]
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	08865 [14] [15]
Area code(s)	908 exchanges: 213, 387, 454, 859, 995 [16]
FIPS code	3404158350 [1] [17] [18]
GNIS feature ID	0885350 [1] [19]
School district	Phillipsburg School District
Website	www.phillipsburgnj.org

Phillipsburg is a town located along the Delaware River that is the most populous municipality in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan statistical area. ^[20] As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 15,249, ^{[10] [11]} an increase of 299 (+2.0%) from the 2010 census count of 14,950, ^{[21] [22]} which in turn reflected a decline of 216 (−1.4%) from the 15,166 counted in the 2000 census. ^[23]

The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line, formerly the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad with a mix of mainline trackage combined long leased to the Central Railroad of New Jersey by its builder Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company, runs through Phillipsburg and then across the Delaware River into Easton, Pennsylvania. The Belvidere Delaware Railroad was leased in 1871 and later acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad, connecting the lower Poconos to Trenton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia.

Phillipsburg is located 19.3 miles (31.1 km) northeast of Allentown, 78.9 miles (127.0 km) north of Philadelphia, and 70.1 miles (112.8 km) west of New York City.

History

The town grew from a sleepy agricultural village (in 1824), and was transformed into a transportation hub and shipping center as the Delaware River terminus of the Morris Canal (1829–1924), with operations commencing in 1831, the first of several transportation infrastructure projects that gave the community a direct connection 107 miles (172 km) to New York City. The Central Railroad of New Jersey soon followed with a connection. The community's growth soon reached the canal terminals of both the Delaware Canal and the Lehigh Canal by its cross-river cable ferry system to Easton, Pennsylvania. In 1853, the Lehigh Valley Railroad connected across the river with the Central Railroad of New Jersey and a passenger short line railroad, the Belvidere Delaware Railroad, and Morris Canal, all within Phillipsburg, which was followed by rapid growth.

On March 8, 1861, Phillipsburg was incorporated as a town by an act of the New Jersey Legislature from portions of Phillipsburg Township, which is now Lopatcong Township. ^[24] The town was named for William Phillips, an early settler of the area. ^[25]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town had a total area of 3.31 square miles (8.58 km²), including 3.19 square miles (8.26 km²) of land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) of water (3.66%). ^{[1] [2]}

Unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the town include Andover Furnace, Delaware Park, Lopatcong Heights, Shirmers and Warren Heights. ^[26]

Pohatcong Mountain is a ridge, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) long, in the Appalachian Mountains that extends from Phillipsburg northeast approximately to Washington.

Phillipsburg borders the municipalities of Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township in Warren County; and both Easton, Pennsylvania, and Williams Township across the Delaware River in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. ^{[27] [28] [29]}

Climate

Climate data for Phillipsburg, NJ
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	37 (3)	41 (5)	50 (10)	61 (16)	72 (22)	80 (27)	85 (29)	83 (28)	76 (24)	65 (18)	54 (12)	42 (6)	62.166 (16.76)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	20 (−7)	21 (−6)	28 (−2)	37 (3)	47 (8)	57 (14)	62 (17)	60 (16)	52 (11)	41 (5)	32 (0)	24 (−4)	40 (4)
Source: [30]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1870	5,932		—
1880	7,181		21.1%
1890	8,644		20.4%
1900	10,052		16.3%
1910	13,903		38.3%
1920	16,923		21.7%
1930	19,255		13.8%
1940	18,314		−4.9%
1950	18,919		3.3%
1960	18,502		−2.2%
1970	17,849		−3.5%
1980	16,647		−6.7%
1990	15,757		−5.3%
2000	15,166		−3.8%
2010	14,950		−1.4%
2020	15,249		2.0%
2023 (est.)	15,328	[10] [12]	0.5%
Population sources: 1870–1920 [31] 1870 [32] [33] 1880–1890 [34] 1890–1910 [35] 1910–1930 [36] 1940–2000 [37] 2000 [38] [39] 2010 [21] [22] [24] 2020 [10] [11]

The Town's economic data (as is all of Warren County) is calculated by the United States Census Bureau as part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area. ^[40]

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 14,950 people, 5,925 households, and 3,786 families in the town. The population density was 4,682.1 per square mile (1,807.8/km²). There were 6,607 housing units at an average density of 2,069.2 per square mile (798.9/km²). The racial makeup was 83.44% (12,475) White, 7.49% (1,120) Black or African American, 0.17% (26) Native American, 1.53% (228) Asian, 0.05% (8) Pacific Islander, 3.92% (586) from other races, and 3.39% (507) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.82% (1,767) of the population. ^[21]

Of the 5,925 households, 30.7% had children under the age of 18; 39.0% were married couples living together; 19.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 36.1% were non-families. Of all households, 29.9% were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.12. ^[21]

25.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 92.7 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.0 males. ^[21] The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $42,825 (with a margin of error of +/− $3,386) and the median family income was $51,334 (+/− $3,243). Males had a median income of $44,311 (+/− $2,090) versus $37,673 (+/− $6,847) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $21,291 (+/− $1,061). About 16.5% of families and 18.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over. ^[41]

Economy

Industrial history

Phillipsburg had historically benefited from being a major transportation hub, then manufacturing with the investments by Ingersoll Rand in 1903 by opening the first Ingersoll-Sergeant factory in Phillipsburg. Within a year it employed 1,000 people, reaching a peak of 5,000. ^[42] The town is situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers. Phillipsburg served as the western terminus of the Morris Canal for approximately 100 years from the 1830s to 1920s, which connected the city by water to the industrial and consumer centers of the New York City area, with connections westward via the Lehigh Canal and Delaware Canal across the Delaware. Long gone is the era of canal shipping and many of the important freight railways that served the area have gone bankrupt or bypass the city on long-distance routes. ^[43]

Phillipsburg was served by five major railroads:

• Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
• Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (L&HR)
• Lehigh Valley Railroad (LVRR)
• Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Phillipsburg Branch (DL&W)
• Pennsylvania Railroad Belvidere Division (PRR)

Economic revival

A majority of the manufacturing jobs left Warren County's largest city once Ingersoll Rand closed operations in 2000. ^[42]

Portions of the town are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), one of 32 zones covering 37 municipalities statewide. The city was selected in 1994 as one of a group of 10 zones added to participate in the program. ^[44] In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the UEZ, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% sales tax rate (half of the 6+5⁄8% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants. ^[45] Established in November 1994, the town's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in October 2025. ^[46]

Businesses have begun to move on to South Main Street, including the opening of the Apothecarium Dispensary – Phillipsburg in November 2019 selling marijuana, the Town Council voted in June 2021 to adopt an ordinance preventing the opening of any other cannabis retailers. ^[47]

Railway

A tourist railroad known as the Belvidere & Delaware River Railroad operates on the former Belvidere-Delaware Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Branch serving excursions from Lehigh Junction Station south to Carpentersville. Norfolk Southern serves the industrial manufacturing purposes in Phillipsburg using former LVRR tracks and the L&HR bridge to connect with the Bel-Del PRR tracks.

Since 2007, NJ Transit has been conducting a study to determine if re-establishing a commuter rail extension of the Raritan Valley Line to Phillipsburg is economically feasible. ^[48]

Phillipsburg also is home to the Phillipsburg Railroad Historians museum. They display railroad memorabilia inside the museum, an "N" scale diorama, two Lehigh and Hudson River cabooses, one of which is currently being restored, and a Jersey Central caboose. There is an L&HR snow flanger, Tidewater tank car, a CNJ box car owned by the Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, a 1922 Chestnut Ridge Mack railbus owned by the Lehigh Valley NRHS, a Public Service trolley owned by the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society, a 44-ton GE locomotive and a 25-ton GE locomotive. ^[49] They operate a miniature railroad, the Centerville & Southwestern, that formerly ran in Roseland, New Jersey. ^[50]

Government

Local government

Phillipsburg is governed under the Mayor-Council system of municipal government within the Faulkner Act, formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law. The town is one of 71 municipalities (of the 564) statewide that use this form of government. ^[51] The governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the five-member Town Council. Councilmembers are elected at-large in partisan elections to four-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with either three seats or two seats and the mayoral seat up for election in odd-numbered years as part of the November general election. ^{[3] [52] [53]}

As of 2022 ^[update] , the Mayor of Phillipsburg is Republican Todd M. Tersigni, whose term of office ends December 31, 2023. ^{[4] [54]} Members of the Town Council are Council President Harry L. Wyant (R, 2023), Council Vice President Lee M. Clark (D, 2025), Keith A. Kennedy (D, 2025), Peter Marino (R, 2025) and Randy S. Piazza Jr. (R, 2023). ^{[55] [56] [57] [58]}

In 2018, the town had an average property tax bill of $4,387, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $6,982 in Warren County and $8,767 statewide. ^{[59] [60]}

Selected Mayors of Phillipsburg

Mayor	Term Begins	Term Ends	Notes
Charles Sitgreaves [61]	1861	1862	First Mayor. Major commandant in the New Jersey State militia. Member of the State general assembly 1831 to 1833. Served in the State senate 1851 to 1854. Served as city councilmen from 1834 to 1835.
?	1863	1887	?
Irwin W. Schultz	1884	1885	Lafayette College alumni. Local lawyer. Served a single year long term as mayor and refused to stand for re-election.
?	1886	1886	?
John H. Griffith	1887	1894	Former city physician. Remained active in fraternal and charitable organizations after being mayor.
Vernon D. Best [62]	1953	1954	?
William M. Norton [63]	1954	1958	Local self made millionaire of the Norton Oil Co. Testified to congress about the creation of new toll highways as a source of local revenue in 1956.
Arthur Paini [64]	1958	1960	Democratic Party Served on the city commission from 1950 to 1958. Unsuccessfully challenged Decker in the 1992 election.
James A. Bianchi [65]	1979	1980	Served as a city councilmen from 1966 to 1972.
?	1981	1991	?
Gloria Decker [66]	1992	1996	Former leader of the Warren County . Elected mayor as a Democrat, would switch party affiliations to Republican in 1994 and would lose her re-election bid in 1995.
Thomas W. Corcoran [67]	1996	2000	Democrat. Defeated incumbent Decker. Long time chairman of the Phillipsburg Democratic Party. Navy Veteran from World War II and the Korean War.
Harry Wyant Jr. [68]	2000	2016	Republican. Served on the town council before serving as mayor for 16 years. Despite his lengthy career as mayor he only voted on the town council once, to appoint his replacement. He and his replacement were defeated in 2016
Stephen Ellis [69]	2016	2020	Democrat. Defeated Wyant in the 2016 election. He graduated from Phillipsburg High School. undergraduate degree at Slippery Rock University and master's degree from Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. He lost his bid for re-election in 2020 to Todd Tersigni.
Todd M. Tersigni [70]	2020	Incumbent	Republican. Graduate of Phillipsburg High School and Seton Hall University. Served two terms on the town council from 2012 to 2020.

Federal, state and county representation

Phillipsburg is located in the 7th Congressional District ^[71] and is part of New Jersey's 23rd state legislative district. ^[72]

For the 118th United States Congress , New Jersey's 7th congressional district is represented by Thomas Kean Jr. ( R , Westfield ). ^[73] New Jersey is represented in the United States Senate by Democrats Cory Booker ( Newark , term ends 2027) ^[74] and George Helmy ( Mountain Lakes , term ends 2024). ^{[75] [76]}

For the 2024-2025 session , the 23rd legislative district of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Doug Steinhardt ( R , Lopatcong Township ) and in the General Assembly by John DiMaio (R, Hackettstown ) and Erik Peterson (R, Franklin Township ). ^[77]

Warren County is governed by a three-member Board of County Commissioners, who are chosen at-large on a staggered basis in partisan elections with one seat coming up for election each year as part of the November general election. At an annual reorganization meeting held in the beginning of January, the board selects one of its members to serve as Commissioner Director and other as Deputy Director. ^[78] As of 2024 ^[update] , Warren County's Commissioners are:

Deputy Director Jason J. Sarnoski (R, Lopatcong Township; 2025), ^[79] Lori Ciesla (R, Lopatcong Township; 2026), ^[80] and Director James R. Kern III (R, Pohatcong Township; 2025). ^{[81] [82]}

Constitutional officers of Warren County are: Clerk Holly Mackey (R, Alpha; 2027), ^{[83] [84]} Sheriff James McDonald Sr. (R, Phillipsburg; 2025) ^{[85] [86]} and Surrogate Michael J. Doherty (R, Washington; 2025). ^{[87] [88] [89]}

Politics

As of March 2011, there were a total of 7,681 registered voters in Phillipsburg, of which 2,496 (32.5% vs. 21.5% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 1,510 (19.7% vs. 35.3%) were registered as Republicans and 3,665 (47.7% vs. 43.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 10 voters registered as Libertarians or Greens. ^[90] Among the town's 2010 Census population, 51.4% (vs. 62.3% in Warren County) were registered to vote, including 69.2% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 81.5% countywide). ^{[90] [91]}

In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,487 votes (56.6% vs. 40.8% countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,751 votes (39.8% vs. 56.0%) and other candidates with 88 votes (2.0% vs. 1.7%), among the 4,394 ballots cast by the town's 7,730 registered voters, for a turnout of 56.8% (vs. 66.7% in Warren County). ^{[92] [93]} In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,673 votes (54.8% vs. 41.4% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 1,983 votes (40.6% vs. 55.2%) and other candidates with 116 votes (2.4% vs. 1.6%), among the 4,879 ballots cast by the town's 7,636 registered voters, for a turnout of 63.9% (vs. 73.4% in Warren County). ^[94] In the 2004 presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 2,412 votes (49.8% vs. 37.2% countywide), ahead of Republican George W. Bush with 2,324 votes (48.0% vs. 61.0%) and other candidates with 66 votes (1.4% vs. 1.3%), among the 4,842 ballots cast by the town's 7,176 registered voters, for a turnout of 67.5% (vs. 76.3% in the whole county). ^[95]

In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 63.8% of the vote (1,667 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 33.6% (879 votes), and other candidates with 2.6% (68 votes), among the 2,694 ballots cast by the town's 7,909 registered voters (80 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 34.1%. ^{[96] [97]} In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 1,321 votes (44.1% vs. 61.3% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 1,159 votes (38.7% vs. 25.7%), Independent Chris Daggett with 365 votes (12.2% vs. 9.8%) and other candidates with 77 votes (2.6% vs. 1.5%), among the 2,994 ballots cast by the town's 7,437 registered voters, yielding a 40.3% turnout (vs. 49.6% in the county). ^[98]

Education

Further information: Phillipsburg School District

The Phillipsburg School District serves public school students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade ^[99] The district is one of 31 former Abbott districts statewide that were established pursuant to the decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Abbott v. Burke ^[100] which are now referred to as "SDA Districts" based on the requirement for the state to cover all costs for school building and renovation projects in these districts under the supervision of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority. ^{[101] [102]}

As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 3,877 students and 329.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. ^[103] Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ^[104] ) are Early Childhood Learning Center ^[105] with 354 students in grades Pre-K–K, Phillipsburg Primary School ^[106] with 391 students in grades 1–2, Phillipsburg Elementary School ^[107] with 609 students in grades 3–5, Phillipsburg Middle School ^[108] with 704 students in grades 6–8 and Phillipsburg High School ^[109] with 1,730 students in grades 9–12. ^{[110] [111] [112]} The Phillipsburg High School Stateliners have a longstanding athletic rivalry with neighboring Easton, Pennsylvania's Easton Area High School, which celebrated its 100th anniversary game on Thanksgiving Day 2006. ^[113] In 2009, the 1993 teams from the Easton P-Burg Game met again for the Gatorade REPLAY Game to resolve the game, which ended in a 7–7 tie, with more than 13,000 fans watching as Phillipsburg won by a score of 27–12. ^[114]

The district's high school serves students from the Town of Phillipsburg and five sending communities at the secondary level: Alpha, Bloomsbury (in Hunterdon County), Greenwich Township, Lopatcong Township and Pohatcong Township, as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts. ^{[115] [116] [110]}

Students from the town and all of Warren County are eligible to attend Ridge and Valley Charter School in Frelinghuysen Township (for grades K–8) ^[117] or Warren County Technical School in Washington borough (for 9–12), ^[118] with special education services provided by local districts supplemented throughout the county by the Warren County Special Services School District in Oxford Township (for PreK–12). ^{[110] [119]}

Private schools include Saints Philip & James School, which was established in 1875 and serves students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, operating under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen. ^{[120] [121]}

Transportation

Union Station in Phillipsburg in September 2017

The Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge, connecting Phillipsburg with Easton, Pennsylvania in October 2009

U.S. Route 22 westbound in Phillipsburg in August 2020

History

Situated at the confluence of the Delaware River and the Lehigh River, Phillipsburg has historically been a major transportation hub. From the 1830s to 1920s, was the western terminus of the Morris Canal, which connected it by water eastward to the Port of New York and New Jersey and westward via the Lehigh Canal across the Delaware River. Five major railroads converged in Phillipsburg, the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ), the DL&W's Morris and Essex Railroad, the Lehigh and Hudson River Railway (L&HR), Lehigh Valley Railroad (LVRR), and the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) Belvidere Delaware Railroad. ^{[122] [123]} The CNJ first ran in 1852. ^{[124] [125] [126] [127]} Phillipsburg Union Station served CNJ and DL&W.

The CNJ tracks and bridge in Phillipsburg which was part of the CNJ mainline became part of the former Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline, the Lehigh Line now owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, while the PRR line in Phillipsburg is now the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway. ^[128]

Roads and highways

As of May 2010 ^[update] , the town had a total of 59.21 miles (95.29 km) of roadways, of which 54.51 miles (87.73 km) were maintained by the municipality, 2.98 miles (4.80 km) by Warren County, 1.18 miles (1.90 km) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.54 miles (0.87 km) by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. ^[129]

Major highways that pass through Phillipsburg include U.S. Route 22 ^[130] and Route 122. ^[131] Interstate 78 passes through for less than a one-quarter mile (0.40 km) without any exits. The closest interchange is in neighboring Pohatcong. ^[132]

The town is connected to Pennsylvania across the Delaware River by three bridges: the Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge – (toll bridge carrying U.S. Route 22), the Northampton Street Bridge (the "Free Bridge") and the Interstate 78 Toll Bridge (carrying Interstate 78), all of which are operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission. ^[133]

Public transportation

NJ Transit bus service is provided on the 890 and 891 routes. ^[134] It is also served by a bus line down Route 57 to Washington Township. ^{[135] [136]}

Air transportation

By air, Phillipsburg is closest to Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, which is roughly 16 miles (26 km) west of Phillipsburg. The larger Newark Liberty International Airport, one of three international airports serving the New York City metropolitan area, is roughly 59 miles (95 km) to the east-northeast.

Notable people

See also: Category:People from Phillipsburg, New Jersey

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Phillipsburg include:

• Walter E. Bachman (1880–1958), college football player and coach ^[137]
• Charlie Berry (1860–1940), former professional baseball player, Union Association, and father of Charlie Berry ^[138]
• Charlie Berry (1902–1972), former professional baseball player and umpire, Major League Baseball ^{[139] [140]}
• William F. Birch (1870–1946), former Member of Congress ^[141]
• Ned Bolcar (born 1967), former linebacker who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins ^[142]
• Tom Brennan (born 1949), radio and television sportscaster and former men's basketball head coach, most notably at the University of Vermont ^[143]
• Tim Brewster (born 1960), former coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team ^[144]
• Harold Curry (1932–2022), lawyer and politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly ^[145]
• Ted Dailey (1908–1992), NFL player who played for a single season with the Pittsburgh Pirates football team ^[146]
• D. C. Drake (born 1957 as Don Drake), former professional wrestler who was National Wrestling Federation World Champion and Heavyweight Champion for Tri-State Wrestling Alliance, later known as Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) ^[147]
• Wayne Dumont (1914–1992), former New Jersey Senate Majority Leader and Senate President ^[148]
• Fiona (born 1961), rock music singer-songwriter and actress ^[149]
• James Cullen Ganey (1899–1972), federal judge who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ^[150]
• Dan Gray (born 1956), former NFL defensive tackle who played for the Detroit Lions in 1978 ^[151]
• John R. Guthrie (1921–2009), United States Army four-star general ^[152]
• David Hajdu (born 1955), music critic and author ^[153]
• Terry Kitchen, folk singer ^{[154] [155]}
• Frederick Kroesen (1923–2020), United States Army officer ^[156]
• J. Robert Lennon (born 1970), novelist ^[157]
• Hilda Madsen (1910–1981), British-American artist and dog breeder ^[158]
• Jayne Mansfield (1933–1967), 1950s-era actress ^[159]
• Martin O. May (1922–1945), Medal of Honor recipient in World War II for his actions on Okinawa ^{[160] [161]}
• Olivia Miles (born 2003), college basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team. ^[162]
• Helen Stevenson Meyner (1929–1997), politician who served in Congress from 1975 to 1979 ^[163]
• Robert B. Meyner (1908–1990), Governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962 ^[164]
• Charles E. Myers (1925–2016), Director for Air Warfare in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (1973–1978), Aviation Pioneer and an early member of the "Fighter Mafia" inside the Pentagon ^[165]
• Lou Reda (born c. 1925–2017), documentary filmmaker ^[166]
• Jim Ringo (1931–2007), professional football player who played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles ^{[167] [168]}
• Sheetal Sheth (born 1976), actress ^[169]
• Charles Sitgreaves (1803–1878), politician who was a Member of Congress and mayor of Phillipsburg ^[61]
• Matthew Tirrell (born 1950), chemical engineer ^[170]
• Bill Walsh (1927–2012), center who played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers ^[171]
• Christina Wilson (born 1979), chef and reality television personality who was the winner of season 10 of the FOX Network's reality cooking show Hell's Kitchen ^[172]
• Yvonne Zima (born 1989), actress who appeared on NBC's ER ^[173]

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114. Conover, Allan. "Phillipsburg beats Easton in Gatorade Replay football", Warren Reporter, April 29, 2009. Accessed August 17, 2012. "For almost three toasty hours earlier in the day, however, Wargo had been among the most prominent Phillipsburg football players in Lafayette College's Fisher Stadium and was a key performer in the Stateliners' 27–12 triumph over Easton as 13,350 sun-baked spectators looked on. Wargo, a tackle, was selected as the game's 'Outstanding Defensive Player,' an honor he never gave a thought to while helping the 'Exliners' win the rematch of the 1993 Thanksgiving Day battle which ended in a 7–7 stalemate."
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139. Noto, Anthony. "Phillipsburg In The Big League? White Sox Visit Memorable", The Morning Call , April 24, 1994. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Undoubtedly, the person most instrumental in persuading the White Sox to make the trek to Phillipsburg was native son Charlie Berry, who earlier that season had been traded to the White Sox by the Boston Red Sox."
140. "Jack's Facts: A Closer Look at the Easton/Phillipsburg Rivalry", The Morning Call , November 21, 2006, accessed April 13, 2007. "The Garnet's Charlie Berry would score all Phillipsburg's points in a 14–7 win. Berry after graduating from PHS went on to have an outstanding career at Lafayette College and later became an American League baseball umpire and officiated in the NFL."
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142. Staff. "FLASHBACK: In '90, Parkland swept Easton, Phillipsburg for first time", The Morning Call , February 8, 2010. Accessed March 14, 2011. "1985 – Phillipsburg's Ned Bolcar, Parade Magazine's football co-player of the year, reveals he will attend Notre Dame."
143. Head Coach Tom Brennan, University of Vermont, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 7, 2008. Accessed March 14, 2011. "The 54-year old Brennan is a native of Phillipsburg, NJ who graduated as the all-time leading scorer at Phillipsburg Catholic High School."
144. Tim Brewster Archived January 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Minnesota Golden Gophers. Accessed March 14, 2011.
145. Harold J. Curry, Finegan Funeral Homes. Accessed March 26, 2022. "Harold was born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, to Harold Joseph (Joe) and Lucy Kingfield Curry on June 7, 1931."
146. Reedy, Bill. "Syracuse Starts to Groom Lou Mautino, a Tackle, for Center Job", Reading Eagle , January 30, 1957. Accessed July 22, 2014. "Ted Dailey, a citizen of Phillipsburg, N.J. and former All-America end at Pittsburgh University, arrived in Reading the same day Ben Schwartzwalder signed a new contract to stay at Syracuse where he produced one of the nation's best teams in 1956."
147. Staff. "Wrestlers Tangle To Defend Titles", The Morning Call , August 23, 1984. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Drake the 250-pounder from Phillipsburg and 245-pound Bronx native Ray Apollo wound up in a bloody brawl that resulted in a double disqualification."
148. State of New Jersey Executive Order #57 issued by Governor James J. Florio, accessed April 6, 2007. "WHEREAS, he played minor league baseball for the former St. Louis Browns and later moved to Phillipsburg in 1940 where he began practicing law;"
149. Gehman, Geoff. "Fiona: P'Burg Native's Big Voice Finds A Hot Spot On Rock Charts", The Morning Call , April 5, 1985. Accessed March 14, 2011. "All this is heady stuff for a bouncy spry 23-year-old from Phillipsburg N.J."
150. James Cullen Ganey, Biographical Directory of Federal Judges . Accessed March 14, 2011.
151. Dan Gray, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed December 19, 2018. "Born: January 29, 1956 (Age: 62-324d) in Phillipsburg, NJ... High School: Belvidere (NJ)"
152. John R. Guthrie Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , United States Army Materiel Command. Accessed March 14, 2011.
153. Bell, Bill. "Long Live The Duke", New York Daily News , April 30, 1999. Accessed March 14, 2011. "He was born in Phillipsburg, N.J., where his father was a mill worker and his mother a waitress. He majored in journalism at New York University, and except for a brief flirtation with the Episcopal priesthood as a seminarian at the New York General Theological Seminary, he has worked as a writer and editor for about 25 years."
154. Staff. "Life in the fast lane", Home News Tribune , March 14, 2003. Accessed March 14, 2011. Terry Kitchen's easy tuneful and contemplative folk sounds are sure to make for a warm evening of music wherever he plays. The Phillipsburg native is based in Boston these days and he's set to perform at the Mine Street Coffeehouse in New Brunswick tomorrow night..."
155. Terry Kitchen's Home Page, accessed April 13, 2007. "Born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Kitchen grew up first in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania..."
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157. Staff. "Real Life Fueled Lennon's Vision", Contra Costa Times , June 25, 1998. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Lennon, who grew up in Phillipsburg, NJ, moved to Wyoming after graduating from college in Philadelphia."
158. McDonnell, Betty. Hilda Madsen December 13.1910 – May 1.1981, Newfoundland Club of America. Accessed July 18, 2011.
159. Staff. "Jayne Mansfield Is Killed In Early Morning Smash up On Narrow Louisiana Road", St. Petersburg Times , June 30, 1967. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Born Vera Jayne Palmer in Bryn Mawr, Pa., April 19, 1933, Miss Mansfield grew up in Phillipsburg, N.J."
160. Wojcik, Sarah M. "Phillipsburg honors posthumous Medal of Honor recipient, hometown hero Martin O. May", The Express-Times , May 2, 2009. Accessed March 14, 2011. "A decorated World War II hero from Phillipsburg will not be forgotten in his hometown after a ceremony officially dedicated a memorial in his name this afternoon. Martin O. May, Purple Heart and Medal of Honor recipient, died in April 1945 after a three-day standoff on an island near Japan's Okinawa. His courage inspired the Chapter 700 Military Order of the Purple Heart to install a memorial in his honor at Phillipsburg High School, where he attended as a member of the class of 1941."
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162. Olivia Miles, USA Basketball. Accessed August 16, 2022. "Born in Summit, New Jersey, and now resides in Philipsburg, New Jersey."
163. Halbfinger, David M. "Ex-Rep. Helen S. Meyner, 69; Born Into Democratic Politics", The New York Times , November 3, 1997. Accessed June 14, 2012. "In 1972, Democratic Party leaders asked her to run for Congress from the Meyner family home in Phillipsburg, in the heavily Republican 13th Congressional District in Sussex and Morris Counties."
164. Robert B. Meyner, The Robert B. & Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State & Local Government, Lafayette College. Accessed March 14, 2011. "During his early childhood, Robert Meyner's family moved to Pennsylvania, and then to Phillipsburg and Paterson, New Jersey, and finally settled back in Phillipsburg in 1922, where the family lived in the house on Lincoln Avenue built by Robert Meyner's grandfather, Robert B. Meyner.... Robert Meyner was graduated from Phillipsburg High School in 1926, where he was class valedictorian and a member of the debating team."
165. Grazier, Dan. "POGO Remembers Chuck Myers, 'Fighter Mafia' Veteran", Project On Government Oversight, May 17, 2016. Accessed August 8, 2016. "Chuck Myers was born on March 21, 1925, near Langley Field in Hampton, Virginia, foreshadowing a life devoted to aviation. He grew up in Philipsburg, New Jersey where he excelled at sports and dreamed of flying planes."
166. Jones, Joyce. "Creating Postcards Not Just for Tourists", The New York Times , July 12, 1992. Accessed December 27, 2022. "In his efforts to satisfy the public's penchant for nostalgia, Mr. Scheller met with a collector of Civil War memorabilia, Lou Reda of Phillipsburg, who introduced him to the Charles Fifer collection of photo plates, hand-colored by Currier & Ives in 1876."
167. Schudel, Matt. "NFL's Jim Ringo; Hall of Famer With Packers and Eagles", The Washington Post , November 22, 2007. Accessed March 14, 2011. "James S. Ringo Jr. was born Nov. 21, 1931, in Orange, N.J., and grew up in Phillipsburg, N.J."
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169. Langsdorf, Amy. "Will the May 18 DVD release of The World Unseen mean the film is unseen no longer?", The Morning Call , May 6, 2010. Accessed June 14, 2012. "The Phillipsburg-born, Bethlehem-reared Sheetal Sheth hopes so."
170. Interview with Matthew Tirrell, Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Accessed June 22, 2016. "I was born September 5, 1950, in Phillipsburg, New Jersey."
171. Smith, Wilfird. "Gridiron Hopes Of 1945 Irish Rest On Frosh: Loss of Szymanski Is Heavy Blow" Archived November 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , Chicago Tribune , September 12, 1945. Accessed March 14, 2011. "Devore is concentrating on the development of Bill Walsh, a freshman from Phillipsburg, Pa., who truly is a great prospect..."
172. Lauer-Williams, Kathy. "Phillipsburg welcomes home Hell's Kitchen winner", The Morning Call , September 25, 2012. Accessed December 6, 2020. "Christina Wilson, the winner of Hell's Kitchen, came home to a hero's welcome in Phillipsburg."
173. Longsdorf, Amy. "Valley actors have a hand in new DVDs", The Morning Call , April 11, 2012. Accessed June 14, 2012. "As a three-course meal is served, Chappell meets a struggling actor ("Friday Night Lights" star Jesse Plemons), entertains financial backers and flirts with the hat check girl (Phillipsburg native Yvonne Zima). Zima, 23, has no more than a dozen lines but she works wonders with them, managing to create a sparky, indelible character."

External links

• Official website
• Phillipsburg Area Chamber Of Commerce
• "Phillipsburg"  . Encyclopedia Americana . 1920.