$\phi(x)|0\rangle$ is **not** the state of a particle (I stress that $\phi(x)|0\rangle$ is a *one-particle* state) with position $x$ (when the temporal component of $x$ is zero in particular). The situation is different form the momentum representation. Indeed, $a_p^\dagger|0\rangle$ **is** a momentum-defined one-particle state. The *position representation* of the particles of QFT is a quite delicate issue. It is still unclear and actually there are a number of no-go theorems about its existence either in terms of projection valued measures or POVMs. An apparent statndard definition of the position representation is the famous [Newton-Wigner one][1], however it is plagued by a number of issues concerning locality. A modern treatise on the issues about the position representation and the various no-go theorems, in relativistic QM can be found [here][2] and more recently [here][3]. Probably the most powerfull no-go result is the following one. I should premit some facts. The *position representation* is defined by a set of operators $P_{E}$ labeled by sets $E \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ in the 3D rest space of a Minkowski reference space. These operators may be orthogonal projectors as in the case of a spectral measure (a PVM): $$\vec{X} = \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \vec{\lambda} dP(\vec{\lambda})$$ is the triple of *position operators*. For instance the Newton-Wigner position operator has this form. A weaker formulation is the one where the $P_E$ simply define a POVM (Positive-operator valued measure) and one is dealing with the modern formulation of observables. In both cases $\langle \psi| P_E\psi \rangle$ is the probability to find the particle in $E$ at time $t=0$. In the case of POVMS $P_E$ is simply a positive operator bounded by $I$ instead of an orthogonal projector as in the spectral decomposition where one can also take advantage of some quantum logic formulation. One of the no-go theorems proved in [2] has the following form. **THEOREM** *There is no POVM (or PVM) $P_E$, labeled by sets in the 3D space of a Minkowski mreference frame such that.* *1) It is *covariant* under the action of spacetime translations*: $$U^{-1}_{t,a} P_E U_{t,a} = P^{(t)}_{E-a}$$ *where $P^{(t)}$ denotes the analogous operator defined at time $t$ (the Heisemberg evolution of the initial one);* *2) the generator $H$ of the time translations $U(t,0)= e^{itH}$ is positive*; *3) the operators $P_E$ satisfy **locality** if $(t,E)$ and $(t',E')$ are spacelike separated then* $$[P^{(t)}_E, P^{(t')}_{E'}]=0$$ The last requirement can be refined or weakened and it corresponds to the requirement that we cannot transmit superluminal information with the outcomes of these detectors (a version of the *no-signaling* requirment) For instance the Newton-Wigner operator (obtained by intgrating its PVM) violates (3) and thus cannot be considered a physical observable. The theorem above (I stated in a rough way actually, for a precise statement see the reference I posted) is a refinement of a number of previous results due to Hegerfeldt, Borchers, Malement, Busch in particular. [1]:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%E2%80%93Wigner_localization [2]:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789812776440_0010 [3]: https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25914/1/Beck_Christian.pdf