Welcome to Powersville ...
Powersville is located in Bracken County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Powersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1831.
Powersville is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Powersville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Powersville: 606
Communities Also Named Powersville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Powersville - they are located in Georgia (2), Iowa and Missouri.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Powersville.
Communities near Powersville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Powersville.
- Maysville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Georgetown
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Georgetown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Georgetown is located in Brown County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,216 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <3>
- Falmouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Ripley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Aberdeen
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Augusta
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Felicity
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Washington is located in Mason County
- Brooksville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brooksville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooksville
- Brooksville is located in Bracken County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brooksville <3>
- Butler
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
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 Powersville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Powersville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Powersville. 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 Powersville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Powersville. See our Newspapers Page for Powersville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powersville ...
Looking for more information about Powersville? 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 Powersville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Powersville.
Adding Powersville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Powersville 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 Powersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Powersville post office opened in 1831.
We also found Powersville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Powersville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Bracken, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |