Census Data for Powells Store
As far as we can tell, Powells Store<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 Store, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Bedford
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Buchanan
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Buena Vista
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Lynchburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Lexington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Amherst
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
- Fincastle
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Troutville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Iron Gate
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Iron Gate is located in Alleghany County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Gate
- Altavista
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Clifton Forge
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
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- Radford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Radford is located in Bedford County
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- Hurt
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
Bedford County ...
Powells Store is located in Bedford County<3>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Bedford County.
Miscellaneous Information for Powells Store ...
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 Bedford County or the community of Powells Store:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Powells Store:
- GNIS ID for Powells Store: 1674888
- GNIS ID for Bedford County: 1674818
- GNIS ID for State of Virginia: 1779803
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Powells Store is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Powells Store.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | It's a common practice for mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names. So Powells Store may originally have been Powell's Store. Sometimes the trailing 's' might be dropped altogether, in which case Powells Store might be written as Powell Store. For more information, please visit our Genealogy Helper Page for Powells Store. |
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| <3> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Bedford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |