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Phillips School. Logging was done by wagon and hauled to Veal's sawmill. Brick arrived by rail and was transported by wagon to the site. McKinley Campbell, assisted by his brother, was the contractor for the new facility.
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Phillips High School, home of the Bears. The original wooden frame school building across the highway from the present location of Phillips School held grades 1-9. This building caught fire around Christmas of 1925. Local churches provided temporary space for the teachers and
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Phillips High School in 1929. Agricultural and home economics (aka Family and Consumer Sciences) departments were added in 1935 and housed near the present location of the cafeteria. The football field was located behind the main building, which was later replaced in
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living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.87.
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living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.94.
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Phillips graciously donated land for a new school on April 16, 1926. Her husband, who died in April 1925, wanted the addition of a high school. The community pulled together with its volunteer labor and donated timber from virgin pines in Bear Creek. Members of the community
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Phillips High School has won four state championships in sports. This includes back-to-back state titles in 1985 and 1986 in girls varsity basketball, followed in 2001 by girls volleyball. The She Bear basketball team won the State 1A basketball championship in 2019.
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57:Location in Marion County, Alabama
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29:Town in Alabama, United States
18:Phillips High School (Alabama)
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312:34.27250°N 87.70333°W
208: • Summer (
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1432:United States portal
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1373:Shottsville
1348:Barnesville
1340:communities
1229:County seat
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782:Other/Mixed
706:2020 census
646:2010 census
586:2000 census
361:Mississippi
330:county seat
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1448:Categories
1393:Ghost town
1368:Pull Tight
1323:Hackleburg
1311:Glen Allen
1301:Bear Creek
1259:Haleyville
1158:87°42′12″W
1155:34°16′21″N
845:References
812:As of the
650:As of the
590:As of the
353:Bear Creek
338:Haleyville
334:Hackleburg
303:87°42′12″W
300:34°16′21″N
271:Bear Creek
261:feature ID
237:Area codes
169:Population
73:87°42′12″W
70:34°16′20″N
1410:Footnotes
1401:Pikeville
1306:Brilliant
1062:August 3,
953:April 23,
892:April 13,
867:April 13,
289:Geography
249:FIPS code
191:Time zone
161:Elevation
1270:Winfield
1265:Hamilton
1236:Hamilton
1138:March 8,
1113:July 20,
825:pupils.
795:Hispanic
673:Hispanic
613:Hispanic
607:, 0.09%
599:, 0.09%
326:Hamilton
253:01-04852
225:ZIP code
1012:June 3,
986:June 6,
931:. 1910.
736:92.45%
667:, 0.7%
659:, 0.1%
359:at the
279:Alabama
264:0154439
114:Alabama
99:Country
1363:Pigeye
1317:Gu-Win
1246:Cities
833:1969.
806:3.53%
799:Latino
789:2.96%
776:0.38%
763:0.19%
750:0.48%
722:Perc.
677:Latino
652:census
617:Latino
592:census
527:158.6%
377:Census
328:, the
126:Marion
121:County
1383:Texas
1353:Bexar
1293:Towns
925:(PDF)
769:Asian
728:White
719:Num.
716:Race
661:Black
657:White
601:Black
597:White
572:−2.1%
567:1,047
552:1,070
542:15.3%
537:1,053
497:38.3%
467:−8.2%
452:16.8%
437:−6.3%
230:35543
219:(CDT)
217:UTC-5
196:UTC-6
177:1,047
109:State
1358:Byrd
1328:Twin
1254:Guin
1140:2017
1115:2013
1089:2021
1064:2015
1039:2008
1014:2014
988:2013
955:2011
894:2022
869:2022
733:968
563:2020
557:1.6%
548:2010
533:2000
518:1990
512:5.1%
503:1980
488:1970
482:9.0%
473:1960
458:1950
443:1940
428:1930
422:3.7%
413:1920
398:1910
386:Note
381:Pop.
259:GNIS
132:Area
44:Town
803:37
797:or
786:31
675:or
663:or
615:or
603:or
522:913
507:353
492:336
477:243
462:223
447:243
432:208
417:222
402:214
210:DST
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773:4
760:2
747:5
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277:,
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