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Phin's Islandin the E end of Brown's Sound in S Onslow County. Probably named for Phineas Stephens, an early landholder on Bear Creek.
Phipps Branchrises in E Yancey County and flows W into South Toe River. Named for Sidney Phipps, an early settler.
Phipps CoveW Swain County between Yalaka Creek and Stevenson Branch; almost entirely submerged by the backwaters of Fontana Lake.
Phipps Creekrises in W Yancey County and flows NW into Cane River.
Phipps GapW Yancey County between Indian and Price Creeks.
Phoebes Creekrises in W Warren County and flows NE into Fishing Creek.
Phoenixcommunity 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 Creekrises on the E side of Phoenix Mountain, central Ashe County, and flows N into North Fork New River.
Phoenix Mine Villageformer 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 Mountaincentral Ashe County. Alt. 4, 673-4,700.