Do you know of Powellton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Powellton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Powellton.<1>
We found mention of Powellton as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Richmond County, North Carolina.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
Communities Also Named Powellton ...
We found four communities that share the name Powellton.
Within North Carolina, the name Powellton is unique.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Butte County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Powellton [Butte County].
- Illinois
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Powellton [Hancock County].
- Virginia
- Brunswick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Powellton [Brunswick County].
- West Virginia
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Powellton [Fayette County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Powellton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Powellton:
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Richmond County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Richmond County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |