The Greater Northwoods

City in Price County

Phillips

Population
1,533
County
Price County
Location
45.694, -90.401

Phillips is an incorporated city and the county seat of Price County in Wisconsin's Northwoods, with a 2020 Census population of 1,533 across roughly 2.8 square miles of land. Platted in 1876 as a Wisconsin Central Railway logging town and named for railway manager Elijah B. Phillips, it runs a mayor-council government (Mayor Charles J. Peterson and Clerk-Treasurer Shelby Kosmer) and anchors a manufacturing-heavy Price County economy that includes Phillips-Medisize, BW Papersystems, and Phillips Plating alongside healthcare and tourism. The city is best known regionally for Fred Smith's Wisconsin Concrete Park, the Phillips Chain of Lakes, and access to hundreds of miles of snowmobile, ATV, and silent-sports trails across the surrounding public forest.

The record

519 records name Phillips

  • 439 news
  • 44 obituaries
  • 32 government
  • 2 opinion
  • 1 events
  • 1 notices

Showing the 40 most recent of 519. Every one is held, cited, and searchable in the archive.

What the records show

34 of 51 independently verified

Authoritative data

Overview

  • Name: City of Phillips via cityofphillips.com
  • Type: city (county seat) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • County: Price County via co.price.wi.us
  • Coordinates: 45.69167 N, 90.40194 W secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Land area: 2.79 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Elevation: 1444 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Population and demographics

  • 2020 census: 1533 via data.census.gov
  • Acs estimate: 1602 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median income: 47059 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Per capita income: 30643 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Median age: 41.5 unverified via censusreporter.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Seasonal swing: seasonal influx (not quantified) unverified via phillipswisconsin.net We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Government and civic

Schools

Economy and employers

  • Employer healthcare: Aspirus; Marshfield Clinic via locations.aspirus.org
  • Tourism: tourism an economic pillar via phillipswisconsin.net
  • Industry: manufacturing + healthcare + tourism unverified via mypricecounty.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Employer medisize: Phillips-Medisize (~350) unverified via mypricecounty.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Employer bwpapersystems: BW Papersystems (~400) unverified via mypricecounty.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Employer plating: Phillips Plating (~87) unverified via mypricecounty.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Institutions and anchors

  • Hospital nearest: Flambeau Hospital (Park Falls) secondary source via healthcare.ascension.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Clinic: Aspirus Phillips Clinic via locations.aspirus.org
  • Library: Phillips Public Library unverified via phillipspl.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Post office: USPS 54555 unverified via cityofphillips.com We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Business and commerce

  • Chamber: Phillips Area Chamber of Commerce via phillipswisconsin.net
  • Downtown identity: Northwoods lakeside downtown (Lake Avenue) unverified via phillipswisconsin.net We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Media

  • Price county review: Price County Review via apg-wi.com
  • Mypricecounty: MyPriceCounty.com secondary source via mypricecounty.com Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.

Recreation and natural assets

Events and seasonal rhythm

  • Wind capital: Wind Capital of Wisconsin (1980) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Signature: chamber outdoor events; summer + winter recreation seasons unverified via phillipswisconsin.net We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Infrastructure and access

  • Highways: WI State Highway 13 secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Airport: Price County Airport (KPBH) secondary source via en.wikipedia.org Relayed by a secondary source. The primary record is cited but was not independently re-read.
  • Hub distance: Park Falls ~9 mi N; Rhinelander ~45 mi E; Marshfield ~77 mi S unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.
  • Broadband: broadband present (unquantified) unverified via en.wikipedia.org We could not confirm this against a primary public record, so we are telling you rather than hiding it.

Local government

In memory, from Phillips

All obituaries

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