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Welcome to Powell ...

So far, we found very little information about Powell. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Powell to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Powell, please Contact Us.


Powell would have been located within present day Fulton County<2>.


The location of Powell has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While the community is gone, the present day location for Powell is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Powell was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Powell and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

If Powell still existed, it would have been in the (770) area code.

Communities Also Named Powell ...

While we believe that this Powell is located in Fulton County, we know of another 2 Georgia communities named Powell. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bleckley and Lamar County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 43 communities that are also named Powell - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas (3), Colorado (2), Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Powell.

Communities near Powell ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Powell.

  • Atlanta
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Roswell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Johns Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Johns Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johns Creek
    • Johns Creek is located in Fulton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,192 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johns Creek <5>
  • Alpharetta
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Marietta
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Smyrna
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Stonecrest
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonecrest
    • Stonecrest is located in DeKalb County
  • Dunwoody West
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunwoody West have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunwoody West
    • Dunwoody West is located in DeKalb County
    • Estimated population in 2015: 48,733 people
  • Peachtree Corners
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Tucker
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tucker have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
    • Tucker is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tucker <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Powell. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Powell.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Powell. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powell.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Powell. See our Newspapers Page for Powell.

The official website for Fulton County: www.co.fulton.ga.us/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Powell, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.









 

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