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19th century
Phillipsburg was organized in 1872 and named the county seat due to its central location in the county on July 26, even though the first residents didn't arrive until the fall of that year. It was named for politician and journalist William A. Phillips. Phillipsburg was incorporated as a city in 1880.

The first post office was established in Phillipsburg in 1872, but the name of the post office was spelled Phillipsburgh until 1893. A branch of the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway was established through Phillipsburg in 1887. A fire nearly destroyed the entire town square in 1906. The current courthouse was constructed in 1912. "Kansas' Biggest Rodeo" was first held in 1929 and is held annually on the last weekend in July or first weekend in August. In 1939, Consumer's Cooperative Association opened the world's first cooperative oil refinery on the north edge of town.