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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Powell (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Powell. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Powell is located in Hernando County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Hernando County: Citrus, Pasco & Sumter.

Below are the counties that are near Powell. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Powell:

  • Hernando County     (The home county of Powell)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
    • South Brooksville
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
      • South Brooksville is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Brooksville
    • Wiscon
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Wiscon is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
    • Masaryktown
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Brooksville
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • North Brooksville
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
      • North Brooksville is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Brooksville
    • Brookridge
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Brookridge is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookridge
    • High Point
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • High Point is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Point
    • Spring Lake
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
      • Spring Lake is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Spring Hill
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hill 'n Dale
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Hill 'n Dale is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hill 'n Dale
    • North Weeki Wachee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • North Weeki Wachee is located in Hernando County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Weeki Wachee
    • Weeki Wachee
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
    • Sugarmill Woods
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Sugarmill Woods is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugarmill Woods
    • Floral City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mannfield ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Mannfield is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield
    • Inverness Highlands South
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
    • Homosassa
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Homosassa Springs
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Inverness
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Lecanto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
    • Citrus Hills
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
    • Hernando
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
    • Beverly Hills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Hillsborough County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
    • Florida Townsend Colony
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Heritage Harbor Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Lake Brooker Village
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Lake Brooker Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Brooker Village
    • Lutz
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Biarritz Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Biarritz Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biarritz Village
    • Cannes Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cannes Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannes Village
    • Cheval Wimbledon Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Cheval
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Cheval is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheval
    • Lake Keen
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lake Keen is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Keen
    • Lake Sapphire Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Lake Sapphire Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Sapphire Village
    • Lakeview Villas at Pebble Creek Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Pebble Creek Village
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
      • Pebble Creek Village is located in Hillsborough County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pebble Creek Village
  • Pasco County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
    • Shady Hills
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Fivay ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
      • Fivay is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay
    • Blanton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Blanton is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
    • Fivay Junction ‑ Historic
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Fivay Junction is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fivay Junction
    • Trilby
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Saint Leo
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • San Antonio
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
      • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
      • Former name for San Antonio:
      • Lake Jovita
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
    • Aripeka
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Lacoochee
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Moss Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Moss Town is located in Pasco County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Town
    • Dade City
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hudson
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Pinellas County
    • East Lake
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • East Lake is located in Pinellas County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lake
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.
    • Bucker Womans Town ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
      • Bucker Womans Town is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucker Womans Town
    • Bay Hill
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
      • Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
    • Wahoo
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Wahoo is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wahoo
    • Bushnell
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Tarrytown
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Tarrytown is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarrytown
    • Linden
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Linden is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • Webster
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mabel
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Mabel is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabel
    • Center Hill
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sumterville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Coleman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Powell, see our County-by-County Page for Powell.

Cemeteries Near Powell ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powell.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Powell - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Powell covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.

  • McGeachy Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Florida Hills Memorial Gardens
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Hope Hill Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • The Hope Hill Cemetery is located on private property - be sure to secure permission before visiting.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope Hill Cemetery
    • To give a relative sense of its location, the Hope Hill Cemetery is located outside and to the south of Brooksville.
    • Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2457068 <2>
  • Masaryktown Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Johnson Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Brooksville Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Loyce Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Long Memorial Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Community Baptist Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Townsend House Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Twin Lakes Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lake Lindsey Cemetery
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Continue List   (61 more) ...
    • The Fountains Memorial Park
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Fivay Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • St. Joseph Cemetery
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>

While we didn't find Powell in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Powell.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Powell, with the one closest to Powell listed first.

  • Wiscon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wiscon is located in Hernando County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wiscon
  • Brooksville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jessamine
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jessamine is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jessamine
  • Blanton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Blanton is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
  • Bayport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Bayport is located in Hernando County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayport
  • San Antonio
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • San Antonio is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Antonio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,506 people
    • Former name for San Antonio:
    • Lake Jovita
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Antonio <1>
  • Saint Leo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Istachatta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Ehren
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ehren is located in Pasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ehren
  • Lacoochee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hudson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Bay Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Bay Hill is located in Sumter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bay Hill
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Saint Catherine
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Saint Catherine is located in Sumter County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Catherine
    • Floral City
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Mannfield ‑ Historic
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
      • Mannfield is located in Citrus County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mannfield

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Powell. See our List of 1890's Communities around Powell.

Newspapers Published in Powell ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 35 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powell.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powell, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powell.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Powell:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Powell) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.