Welcome to Fort Powhatan ...

Fort Powhatan is located in Prince George County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Fort Powhatan: Ft. Powhatan

Fort Powhatan is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fort Powhatan: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Fort Powhatan ...

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

Petersburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,446 people
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Hopewell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,375 people
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Colonial Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
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Waverly
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Waverly is located in Sussex County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
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Claremont
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Claremont is located in Surry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
Dendron
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Dendron is located in Surry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
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Surry
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Surry is located in Surry County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 215 people
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Garysville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Garysville is located in Prince George County
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Westover
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Westover is located in Charles City County
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Charles City
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Charles City is located in Charles City County
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- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charles City <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fort Powhatan ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Prince George, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fort Powhatan - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Fort Powhatan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Fort Powhatan 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.