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Welcome to Powellsville ...

Powellsville is located in Scioto County<1>.

The pronunciation of Powellsville: POW-uhlz-vil<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Powellsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Powellsville is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Powellsville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Powellsville: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Powellsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Powellsville - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Powellsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powellsville ...

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

Adding Powellsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Powellsville 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 Powellsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Powellsville post office opened in 1860. The Powellsville post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Powellsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Scioto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Powellsville. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powellsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Powellsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Powellsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/