Do you know of Powhatan ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Powhatan. 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 Powhatan.<1>

We found mention of Powhatan as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marshall County, West Virginia.

Communities Also Named Powhatan ...

We found ten communities that share the name Powhatan.

There is one other community in West Virginia which is also named Powhatan.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- McDowell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Powhatan [McDowell County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Powhatan [Jefferson County].
- Arkansas
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Powhatan [Lawrence County].
- Louisiana
  - Natchitoches Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Powhatan [Natchitoches Parish].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Powhatan [Baltimore County].
- North Carolina
  - Johnston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Powhatan [Johnston County].
- Ohio
  - Belmont County
  - We 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 Powhatan [Belmont County].
- Virginia
  - Campbell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Powhatan [Campbell County].
  - Powhatan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Powhatan [Powhatan County].
  - Richmond County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Powhatan [Richmond County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Powhatan ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Powhatan:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Powhatan - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Marshall County ...

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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 Marshall County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Powhatan 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.