Powell, West Virginia

Potomac Park
(Berkeley County)

Powell Creek
(Boone County)

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Current Weather

Powell is located in Marion County.

Powell is 270 feet [82.3 m] above sea level.^<1>

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

Communities that are also named Powell can be found in:

	Alabama	North Carolina
	Arizona	North Dakota
	Arkansas	Ohio
	Colorado	Oklahoma
	Florida	Pennsylvania
	Georgia	South Dakota
	Kentucky	Tennessee
	Louisiana	Texas
	Manitoba	Virginia (historic)
	Mississippi	Washington
	Missouri (historic ^<2>)	Wisconsin
	Nebraska	Wyoming

While we we don't have population counts for Powell, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Powell).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 ^<4> Population	Change Since 2000
Bridgeport	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	7,928	8.51% increase
Clarksburg	SW	15 mi [24.14 km]	16,441	1.8% decrease
Fairmont	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	19,024	0.38% decrease
Grafton	SE	7 mi [11.27 km]	5,315	3.17% decrease
Mannington	NW	14 mi [22.53 km]	2,079	2.12% decrease
Morgantown	NE	18 mi [28.97 km]	29,642	10.57% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Powell.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
West Virginia ^<5>

Search for Local Businesses

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Off-the-Road Links

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Powell - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Powell, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Powell and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Powell. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation


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