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"The North Carolina Gazetteer is a geographical dictionary in which an attempt has been made to list all of the geographic features of the state in one alphabet. It is current, and it is historical as well. Many features and places that no longer exist are included; many towns and counties for which plans were made but which never materialized are also included. Some names appearing on old maps may have been imaginary, but many of them also appear in this gazetteer.

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--From The North Carolina Gazetteer, 1st edition, preface by William S. Powell

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Place Description
Phillips’ Branch

rises in W Caldwell County and flows E into Wilson's Creek.
Phils Creek

rises in S Orange County and flows SE into University Lake.
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.