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Welcome to Powells Crossroads ...

Powells Crossroads is located in DeKalb County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Powells Crossroads, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1898.

A typical abbreviation for Powells Crossroads: Powells Xrds.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Powells Crossroads for more information about variations on the name of Powells Crossroads.

Powells Crossroads is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Powells Crossroads lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Powells Crossroads (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Powells Crossroads: 256 & 938<3>

Communities Also Named Powells Crossroads ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Powells Crossroads - they are located in Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Powells Crossroads ...

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

  • Scottsboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fort Payne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Rainsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rainsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rainsville
    • Rainsville is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,149 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rainsville <4>
  • Henagar
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Collinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Sylvania
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sylvania have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvania
    • Sylvania is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,860 people
  • Crossville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Fyffe
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fyffe have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fyffe
    • Fyffe is located in DeKalb County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,076 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fyffe <4>
  • Hollywood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Geraldine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Powells Crossroads. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Powells Crossroads.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Powells Crossroads. 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 Powells Crossroads.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powells Crossroads ...

Looking for more information about Powells Crossroads? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Powells Crossroads, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Powells Crossroads.

Adding Powells Crossroads to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Powells Crossroads in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Powells Crossroads was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Powells Crossroads post office opened in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Powells Crossroads.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including DeKalb, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powells Crossroads - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Powells Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Powells Crossroads area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/