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Census Data for Powells Valley

As far as we can tell, Powells Valley<1> has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Powells Valley, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

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    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Marysville
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    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisburg
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  • Liverpool
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  • Penbrook
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Penbrook is located in Dauphin County
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    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
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      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Blain
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
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      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
      • Bloomfield is located in Allegheny County
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Dauphin County ...

Powells Valley is located in Dauphin County<3>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Dauphin County.

Miscellaneous Information for Powells Valley ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Dauphin County or the community of Powells Valley:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Powells Valley:
    • GNIS ID for Powells Valley: 1184371
    • GNIS ID for Dauphin County: 1213667
    • GNIS ID for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: 1779798
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Powells Valley is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and Division #2 (the Middle Atlantic Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Powells Valley.

Footnotes ...

<1>It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Powells Valley may originally have been Powell's Valley. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Powells Valley might be written as Powell Valley. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Powells Valley.
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<3>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Dauphin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.