Phoebus
Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.
- Suburb
- Description: unincorporated community in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, United States
- Also known as“Camp Hamilton”“Chesapeake City”“Phoebus, VA”“Phoebus, Virginia”
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Phoebus
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Latitude
37.0186° or 37° 1′ 7″ north
Longitude
-76.32222° or 76° 19′ 20″ west
Open location code
87952M9H+C4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Phoebus” goes by many names.
PhoebusItalian
フォイボスJapanese
PhoebusLuxembourgish
فیباسPersian
فیباس، ویرجینیاPersian
PhoebusRomanian
PhoebusVolapük
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