American actress Mary Castle lived in Phillips as a girl and attended junior high school there.

It was a part of the Phillips Independent School District until July 1, 1987, when it merged into the PSP CISD.

[citation needed] In the 1950s and 1960s, improved highways and transportation resulted in many businesses and people moving to Borger.

A hydrocarbon explosion at the refinery in 1980 obliterated part of the industrial area and some nearby homes.

Three mascots, the Plemons Indians, Stinnett Rattlers and the Phillips Blackhawks were changed to create the Comanches.