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Welcome to Powwatka ...

Powwatka is located in Wallowa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Powwatka, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Powwatka is 3,180 feet [969 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Powwatka is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Powwatka lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Powwatka: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Powwatka ...

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

  • Promise ‑ Historic
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Promise is located in Wallowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise
  • Troy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Troy is located in Wallowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
  • Flora ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Flora is located in Wallowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flora
  • Maxville ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Maxville is located in Wallowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
  • Wallowa
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Anatone
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Evans
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Evans is located in Wallowa County
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  • Lostine
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Cloverland
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Cloverland is located in Asotin County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloverland
  • Peola
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
    • Peola is located in Garfield County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peola

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powwatka ...

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

Adding Powwatka to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Powwatka 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 Powwatka was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Powwatka post office opened in 1900. The Powwatka post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Powwatka.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Wallowa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powwatka - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Powwatka area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Powwatka area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/