Phillipsburg, MO

Ireland

Phillipsburg is a tiny Missouri town of 164 people in Laclede County's rolling Ozark hills. Highway 5 provides the main access, connecting to Springfield 45 miles southwest via US-65. The rural community sits among wooded valleys and farmland, with Highway 32 running east-west about 10 miles south toward Lebanon. A historic cemetery with 1800s limestone headstones marks the town's earliest settlement.