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| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| Phin's Island | in the E end of Brown's Sound in S Onslow County. Probably named for Phineas Stephens, an early landholder on Bear Creek. |
| Phipps Branch | rises in E Yancey County and flows W into South Toe River. Named for Sidney Phipps, an early settler. |
| Phipps Cove | W Swain County between Yalaka Creek and Stevenson Branch; almost entirely submerged by the backwaters of Fontana Lake. |
| Phipps Creek | rises in W Yancey County and flows NW into Cane River. |
| Phipps Gap | W Yancey County between Indian and Price Creeks. |
| Phoebes Creek | rises in W Warren County and flows NE into Fishing Creek. |
| Phoenix | community in NE Brunswick County. A post office operated there, 1883-1938. Named for the mythical bird that, after death, rises from its ashes. Alt. 40. |
| Phoenix Creek | rises on the E side of Phoenix Mountain, central Ashe County, and flows N into North Fork New River. |
| Phoenix Mine Village | former community in E Cabarrus County at site of Phoenix Mine. Period of greatest activity was from 1870 to 1907, when the chlorination process for treatment of gold ores was perfected there by Capt. Adolph Thies. At the time, the discovery was a notable step forward in metallurgy. The mine shafts were dewatered in 1955 for further ore-deposit appraisals. |
| Phoenix Mountain | central Ashe County. Alt. 4, 673-4,700. |