Philipsburg is an unincorporated compact rural community in the Township of Wilmot

Wilmot, Ontario

The Township of Wilmot is a rural township in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Its 2006 Census population was 17,097.-Communities:*Baden* Mannheim*New Dundee*New Hamburg* Petersburg* Phillipsburg*St...

, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario

Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario

The Regional Municipality of Waterloo is a regional municipality located in Southern Ontario, Canada. It consists of the cities of Kitchener, Cambridge, and Waterloo, and the townships of Wellesley, Woolwich, Wilmot, and North Dumfries. It is often referred to as the Region of Waterloo or just...

, Canada

Canada

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.http://www.onterm.gov.on.ca/geo/details_e.asp?letter=p&ind=1301 Settled by German Lutherans in the 1840's, the hamlet had a post office from 1851-1915.http://www.region.waterloo.on.ca/web/region.nsf/0/448B18DCE64DED2A85256E1C004F74B2?OpenDocument It is centered at the intersection of Nafziger Road and Erb's Road.
Philipsburg also has a church in the hamlet and railroad tracks bypass Philipsburg served by Goderich Exeter Railway (GEXR) and Via Rail Canada. If you turn south at Philipsburg it will take you to highway 7/8.

Neighbouring communities

External links

• Map of Philipsburg and surrounding area (grid R23)
• Map of Wilmot Township
• Phillipsburg at Geographical Names of Canada