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Do you know of Powell ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Powell.  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 Powell.<1> Our sources for Powell (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name.  Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Powell other than they indicate that Powell would be found somewhere in Cherokee County, South Carolina. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1901. Communities Also Named Powell ...We found 44 communities that share the name Powell. Within South Carolina, the name Powell is unique. Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 44 communities that are located throughout  in the United States and Canada.  Of these 44 communities, 43 are located in the United States and one is in Canada. Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
DeKalb CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Powell [DeKalb County].Lauderdale CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Powell [Lauderdale County].Arizona
Mohave CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Powell [Mohave County].Arkansas
Craighead CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Powell [Craighead County].Madison CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Powell [Madison County].Marion CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Powell [Marion County].Colorado
Las Animas CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Powell [Las Animas County].Logan CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Powell [Logan County].Florida
Hernando CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Florida community of Powell [Hernando County].Georgia
Bleckley CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Powell [Bleckley County].Fulton CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Powell [Fulton County].Lamar CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Powell [Lamar County].Kansas
Phillips CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Powell [Phillips County].Kentucky
Estill CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Powell [Estill County].Louisiana
Jefferson ParishWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Powell [Jefferson Parish].West Feliciana ParishPlease visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Powell [West Feliciana Parish].Manitoba
Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Powell.Michigan
Marquette CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Powell [Marquette County].Minnesota
Todd CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Powell [Todd County].Mississippi
Coahoma CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Powell [Coahoma County].Missouri
Cass CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Powell [Cass County].McDonald CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Powell [McDonald County].Pettis CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Powell [Pettis County].Nebraska
Jefferson CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Powell [Jefferson County].North Carolina
Pitt CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Powell [Pitt County].North Dakota
Grand Forks CountyPlease visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Powell [Grand Forks County].Ohio
Coshocton CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Powell [Coshocton County].Delaware CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Powell [Delaware County].Muskingum CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Powell [Muskingum County].Oklahoma
Marshall CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Powell [Marshall County].Pennsylvania
Bradford CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Powell [Bradford County].Lackawanna CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Powell [Lackawanna County].South Dakota
Edmunds CountyPlease visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Powell [Edmunds County].Haakon CountyPlease visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Powell [Haakon County].Tennessee
Knox CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Powell [Knox County].Lawrence CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Powell [Lawrence County].Texas
Navarro CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Texas community of Powell [Navarro County].San Augustine CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Texas community of Powell [San Augustine County].Virginia
Pittsylvania CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Powell [Pittsylvania County].Washington
Stevens CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Washington community of Powell [Stevens County].West Virginia
Marion CountyPlease visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Powell [Marion County].Wisconsin
Iron CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Powell [Iron County].Oneida CountyWe found mention of this community, but have little information.<2>  For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Powell [Oneida County].Wyoming
Park CountyPlease visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Powell [Park County].
 Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Powell ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Powell: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
 More Orphans in  Cherokee 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 Cherokee 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> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder.  As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. 
 Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place.  For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ...  Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads.  While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
 
 Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station.  It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc.  The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
 
 Also keep in mind that Powell could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name  of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county.  Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
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 https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/
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