Phipps, Wisconsin

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Phipps, Wisconsin
Unincorporated community
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Phipps, Wisconsin
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Phipps, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 46°03′46″N91°24′49″W / 46.06278°N 91.41361°W / 46.06278; -91.41361
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Wisconsin.svg Wisconsin
County Sawyer
Elevation
1,230 ft (370 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 715 & 534
GNIS feature ID1571301 [1]

Phipps is an unincorporated community located in the town of Lenroot, Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States. [1]

History

A post office called Phipps was in operation between 1883 and 1907. [2] The community was named for W. H. Phipps, a railroad official. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Phipps, Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Sawyer County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  3. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 186.
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