Welcome to Powell ...

The city of Powell is located in Park County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Powell, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1908.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Powell has a population of 6,095 people<2> (see below for details).

Powell is 4,380 feet [1,335 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Powell is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Powell lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Powell: (307)

The ZIP code for Powell: 82435<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Powell had an population of 6,095 people. This is a decrease of 3.47% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 13.44% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Powell had a population of 6,314 people (which is 22.39% of the total population of Park County). This makes Powell the county's 2nd most populous community.

The population of Powell represents 1.12% of the population of Wyoming (which has 563,626 people), making it the state's 15th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 6,314 people, the population of Powell increased 17.51% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 5,373 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Powell.

Communities Also Named Powell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Powell - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas (3), Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota (2), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Powell.

Communities near Powell ...

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

• Lovell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovell
  • Lovell is located in Big Horn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,327 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovell <5>
• Cowley
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowley
  • Cowley is located in Big Horn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowley <5>
• Byron
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
  • Byron is located in Big Horn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 592 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <5>
• Deaver
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deaver
  • Deaver is located in Big Horn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deaver <5>
• Frannie
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frannie
  • Frannie is located in Big Horn County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Frannie <5>
• Garland
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • Garland is located in Park County
• Ralston
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralston
  • Ralston is located in Park County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ralston <5>
• Clark
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clark
  • Clark is located in Park County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clark <5>
• Cody
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Cody is located in Park County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cody <5>
• Emblem
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emblem
  • Emblem is located in Big Horn County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Emblem <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Powell ...

Looking for more information about Powell? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Powell, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Powell.

Adding Powell to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Powell 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 for Powell was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Powell post office opened in 1908.

We also found Powell on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Wyoming (1937).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Powell.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Powell. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Park County: www.parkcounty.us/

The official website for State of Wyoming: www.wyo.gov/