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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 Powells Crossing (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 Powells Crossing. 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.

Name Variations for Powells Crossing ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might have occurred.

  • A typical abbreviation for Powells Crossing: Powells Xing.
  • While the name of this community is Powells Crossing, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1>. So Powells Crossing may originally have been Powell's Crossing.

    Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Powells Crossing might be written as Powell Crossing.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

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 north 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.

Powells Crossing is located in Columbus County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Columbus County: Bladen, Brunswick, Pender, Robeson & Horry (SC).

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

  • Columbus County     (The home county of Powells Crossing)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powells Crossing, with the one closest to Powells Crossing listed first.
    • Grist
      (Less than 2 miles to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grist
      • Grist is located in Columbus County
    • Chadbourn
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Williamson Crossroads
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson Crossroads
      • Williamson Crossroads is located in Columbus County
    • Cerro Gordo
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cerro Gordo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
      • Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
    • Cedar Grove
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Cedar Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
      • Cedar Grove is located in Columbus County
    • Evergreen
      (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
      • Evergreen is located in Columbus County
    • Mount Olive
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
      • Mount Olive is located in Columbus County
    • Whiteville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Boardman
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boardman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boardman
      • Boardman is located in Columbus County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 152 people
    • Clarendon
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
      • Clarendon is located in Columbus County
    • Brunswick
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Cribb Town
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cribb Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cribb Town
      • Cribb Town is located in Columbus County
  • Bladen County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powells Crossing, with the one closest to Powells Crossing listed first.
    • Bladenboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bladenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro
      • Bladenboro is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladenboro <2>
    • Abbottsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
      • Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
    • Butters
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butters have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butters
      • Butters is located in Bladen County
    • Clarkton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
      • Clarkton is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <2>
    • Rosindale
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rosindale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosindale
      • Rosindale is located in Bladen County
    • Council
      (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Council have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Council
      • Council is located in Bladen County
    • Dublin
      (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
      • Dublin is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 328 people
    • Mount Olive
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Olive have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Olive
      • Mount Olive is located in Bladen County
    • Elizabethtown
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elizabethtown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabethtown
      • Elizabethtown is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,378 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabethtown <2>
    • Yorick
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorick
      • Yorick is located in Bladen County
    • Ruskin
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruskin
      • Ruskin is located in Bladen County
    • Tar Heel
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Brunswick County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powells Crossing, with the one closest to Powells Crossing listed first.
    • Ash
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ash
      • Ash is located in Brunswick County
    • Exum
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Exum. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exum
      • Exum is located in Brunswick County
    • Longwood
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Longwood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longwood
      • Longwood is located in Brunswick County
    • Makatoka
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Makatoka
      • Makatoka is located in Brunswick County
  • Robeson County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powells Crossing, with the one closest to Powells Crossing listed first.
    • Barnesville
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
      • Barnesville is located in Robeson County
    • Orrum
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
      • Orrum is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
    • Proctorville
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Proctorville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctorville
      • Proctorville is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 119 people
    • Marietta
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marietta have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
      • Marietta is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 168 people
    • Allenton
      (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton
      • Allenton is located in Robeson County
    • Fairmont
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Lumberton
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lumberton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lumberton
      • Lumberton is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,239 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lumberton <2>
    • McDonald
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McDonald
      • McDonald is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
    • Barker Ten Mile
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barker Ten Mile have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barker Ten Mile
      • Barker Ten Mile is located in Robeson County
    • Lowe
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowe have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowe
      • Lowe is located in Robeson County
    • Raynham
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Raynham have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raynham
      • Raynham is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 68 people
    • Rowland
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rowland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rowland
      • Rowland is located in Robeson County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 985 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rowland <2>
  • Dillon County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powells Crossing, with the one closest to Powells Crossing listed first.
    • Lake View
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Fork
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Floydale
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
    • Hamer
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Dillon
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dillon
      • Dillon is located in Dillon County (SC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,289 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dillon <2>
  • Horry County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powells Crossing, with the one closest to Powells Crossing listed first.
    • Green Sea
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Finklea
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Finklea. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finklea
      • Finklea is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Loris
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loris
      • Loris is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,807 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Loris <2>
    • Daisy
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
      • Daisy is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Gurley
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gurley
      • Gurley is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Little Town
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Little Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Town
      • Little Town is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Longs
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Cebu ‑ Historic
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cebu have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cebu
      • Cebu is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Cool Spring
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cool Spring
      • Cool Spring is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Galivants Ferry
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Allen
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
      • Allen is located in Horry County (SC)
    • Aynor
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aynor
      • Aynor is located in Horry County (SC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 978 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aynor <2>
  • Marion County (SC)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Powells Crossing, with the one closest to Powells Crossing listed first.
    • Nichols
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Mullins
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mullins
      • Mullins is located in Marion County (SC)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,139 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mullins <2>
    • Rains
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)

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

Cemeteries Near Powells Crossing ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Powells Crossing.

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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

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

  • Chadbourn Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Chadbourn Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Chadbourn Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Bullard Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Bullard Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Bullard Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Regar Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Regar Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Regar Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Gowans Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Gowans Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Gowans Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Belle View Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Belle View Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Belle View Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Williamson Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williamson Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williamson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Moriah Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Marley Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Porters Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Porters Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Porters Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Brandh Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brandh Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brandh Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jones Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Jones Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Jones Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Edwards Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Edwards Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Edwards Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (431 more) ...
    • Godwin Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Godwin Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Godwin Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Field Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Field Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Field Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Cribb Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Cribb Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Cribb Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.

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.<6>

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

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

  • Chadbourn
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
  • Cerro Gordo
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cerro Gordo have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cerro Gordo
    • Cerro Gordo is located in Columbus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
  • Evergreen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
    • Evergreen is located in Columbus County
  • Clarendon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarendon
    • Clarendon is located in Columbus County
  • Whiteville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Emerson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emerson
    • Emerson is located in Columbus County
  • Fair Bluff
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fair Bluff have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Bluff
    • Fair Bluff is located in Columbus County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 879 people
  • Barnesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Barnesville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesville
    • Barnesville is located in Robeson County
  • Orrum
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Orrum have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orrum
    • Orrum is located in Robeson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
  • Ironhill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Ironhill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ironhill
    • Ironhill is located in Columbus County
  • Mollie
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mollie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mollie
    • Mollie is located in Columbus County
  • Hallsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallsboro
    • Hallsboro is located in Columbus County
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Abbottsburg
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsburg
      • Abbottsburg is located in Bladen County
    • Bladenboro
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bladenboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bladenboro
      • Bladenboro is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,697 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bladenboro <2>
    • Clarkton
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clarkton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarkton
      • Clarkton is located in Bladen County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarkton <2>

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

Newspapers Published in Powells Crossing ...

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 36 newspapers that have been published in the area around Powells Crossing.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Powells Crossing, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<7>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Powells Crossing.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit 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 Powells Crossing:

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Powells Crossing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Columbus County: www.columbusco.org/main

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties).
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<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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>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.
<6>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 Powells Crossing, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<7>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Powells Crossing) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Powells Crossing. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 34.3341, Longitude: -78.8603       In this case, the coordinates for Powells Crossing have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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