Gazetteer
| Place | Description |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Pick Breeches Creek |
rises in NE Watauga County and flows SE into Rube Creek. |
| Pick's Sliding |
See Somerset. |
| Pickards Mountain |
SW Orange County on the head of Morgan Creek. |
| Pickens Gap |
NW Swain County on the S end of Jenkins Trail Ridge. |