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Welcome to Powellville ...

Powellville is located in Walker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Powellville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Powellville is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Powellville: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Powellville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Powellville - they are located in Georgia, Maryland, Missouri and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Powellville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powellville ...

Looking for more information about Powellville? 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 Powellville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Powellville.

Adding Powellville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Powellville 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 (so far) for Powellville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Powellville post office opened in 1890. The Powellville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Powellville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Walker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powellville - 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 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Powellville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Powellville 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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