PA32 PLT RPTS TWR'S LACK OF CTL OVER THEIR AIRSPACE WAS THE CAUSE OF A CONFLICT WITH AN INBOUND CESSNA.

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I WAS GIVEN TKOF CLRNC FROM RWY 20 AT PHF. MY CLRNC WAS AS FOLLOWS: ACR X; CLRED FOR TKOF RWY 20; CLB TO 2000 FT; HDG 250 DEGS. I EXECUTED THE TKOF AND CLBED ON A 250 DEG HDG. THIS HDG PUT THE SETTING SUN JUST ABOVE THE NOSE OF THE ACFT AND JUST TO THE L OF THE CTR OF THE PLT'S WINDSHIELD (MY FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS EXTREMELY LIMITED). UPON REACHING APPROX 1800 FT MSL; THE SUN GOT BLOCKED OUT BY A SINGLE ENG CESSNA WHICH HAD BEEN APCHING HEAD-ON FROM AN APPARENT DSCNT GOING TOWARDS PHF. IT WAS ALREADY INITIATING AN EVASIVE MANEUVER; A CLB TO ITS L. I REALIZED THAT THE CESSNA WAS CLR OF MY FLT PATH AND I DID NOT ALTER MY COURSE FOR FEAR THAT ANY ERRATIC MANEUVER ON MY PART MAY HAVE MATCHED THAT OF THE CESSNA'S AND WE MAY HAVE COLLIDED. NO RADIO CALLS WERE EVER MADE ABOUT THIS SITUATION THAT I HEARD. AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 2000 FT AND A PROLONGED DELAY FOR A FREQ SWAP; I ASKED PHF TWR FOR A FREQ CHANGE TO NORFOLK APCH. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THIS CALL. IT WAS VERY CLR THAT PHF CTL TWR DID NOT HAVE ITS AIRSPACE UNDER CTL. THEY WERE IGNORING THE ACFT DEPARTING PHF CONCERNING THEIR POS; CONFLICTING TFC; AND RADIO CALLS. THIS WAS DEFINITELY TRUE FOR MY CASE; AND SEEMINGLY SO FOR OTHER DEPARTING ACFT. THE OVERALL UNPROFESSIONALISM AND LACK OF COMMAND OVER ITS AIRSPACE ON THE PART OF PHF'S CTL TWR WAS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTING CAUSE TO THIS NMAC. I DETERMINED THAT THE SAFEST THING TO DO WAS TO SWITCH OVER TO NORFOLK APCH CTL WITHOUT THE PERMISSION FROM PHF CTL TWR; AND THE FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TO PREVENT FUTURE OCCURRENCES; I WILL NOT ACCEPT A CLBOUT CLRNC IN VFR CONDITIONS INTO THE SUNSET; OR SUNRISE FROM A CTLR WITHOUT RADAR COVERAGE OVER THEIR AIRSPACE. I SUGGEST THAT OTHER PLTS DO THE SAME.