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Welcome to Powcan ...

Powcan is located in King and Queen County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Powcan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Powcan is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Powcan: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Powcan ...

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

  • West Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Tappahannock
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Warsaw
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Minor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Minor is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
  • Contra
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Contra is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Contra
  • Cumnor
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cumnor is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumnor
  • Walkerton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Walkerton is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerton
  • Dunbrooke
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Dunbrooke is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbrooke
  • Dunnsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • King and Queen Court House
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powcan ...

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

Adding Powcan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Powcan post office opened in 1884. The Powcan post office closed in 1942.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Powcan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including King and Queen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powcan - 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 Powcan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Powcan 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/