Welcome to Phosphate ...

So far, we found very little information about Phosphate. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Phosphate to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Phosphate, please Contact Us.

Phosphate would have been located within present day Sumner County<2>.

The location of Phosphate has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Phosphate, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Phosphate is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Phosphate was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Phosphate still existed, it would have been in the (615) area code.

Communities Also Named Phosphate ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Phosphate - they are located in Arkansas, Florida and Montana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Phosphate.

Communities near Phosphate ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Phosphate.

• Hendersonville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendersonville
  • Hendersonville is located in Sumner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,323 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hendersonville <5>
• Gallatin
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gallatin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gallatin
  • Gallatin is located in Sumner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,335 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gallatin <5>
• Mount Juliet
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Juliet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Juliet
  • Mount Juliet is located in Wilson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,526 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Juliet <5>
• Lebanon
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Lebanon is located in Wilson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,086 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <5>
• Goodlettsville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Goodlettsville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodlettsville
  • Goodlettsville is located in Sumner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,736 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goodlettsville <5>
• Portland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portland
  • Portland is located in Sumner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Portland <5>
• White House
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White House have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House
  • White House is located in Robertson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,975 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White House <5>
• Hartsville
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartsville
  • Hartsville is located in Trousdale County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,455 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hartsville <5>
• Millersville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersville
  • Millersville is located in Sumner County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,798 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Millersville <5>
• Centerville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
  • Centerville is located in Wilson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Phosphate. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Phosphate.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Phosphate. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Phosphate.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Phosphate. See our Newspapers Page for Phosphate.

Adding Phosphate to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Phosphate in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Phosphate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Phosphate post office opened in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Phosphate.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sumner County: www.sumnertn.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/