Powell may refer to:

People

Powell (surname) Powell is an English surname of Welsh origin. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name '' Hywel'' (later Anglicized as ''Howell''), with the prefix ''ap'' meaning "son of", together forming ''ap Hywel'', or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name ...

* Powell (given name) * Powell baronets, several baronetcies * Colonel Powell (disambiguation), several military officers * General Powell (disambiguation), several military leaders *

Governor Powell (disambiguation) Governor Powell may refer to: *Clifford Ross Powell (1893–1973), Acting Governor of New Jersey in 1935 * George Gabriel Powell (1710–1779), Acting governor of St Helena from 1742 to 1748 * Lazarus W. Powell (1812–1867), 19th Governor of Kentu ...

, several governors *

Justice Powell (disambiguation) Justice Powell refers to Lewis F. Powell Jr., associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. Justice Powell or Judge Powell may also refer to: People * Cleo Powell, associate justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia * Richard H. Powell, a ...

, several judges * Major Powell (disambiguation), several military officers *

Secretary Powell (disambiguation) Secretary Powell frequently refers to Colin Powell (1937–2021), U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the U.S. military. ''Secretary Powell'' (''Sec. Powell''), Assistant Secretary, Undersecretary, Deputy Secretar ...

, several officials *

Senator Powell (disambiguation) Lazarus W. Powell (1812–1867) was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1859 to 1865. Senator Powell may also refer to: * Beverly Powell (born 1951), Texas State Senate * Clifford Ross Powell (1893–1973), New Jersey State Senate * E. Henry Powell ( ...

, several senators

Places

* Powell Butte (disambiguation), several hills *

Powell County (disambiguation) Powell County is the name of two counties in the United States: * Powell County, Kentucky * Powell County, Montana Powell County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,946. Its county seat is D ...

, several counties * Powell Creek (disambiguation), several watercourses * Mount Powell (disambiguation) or Powell Mountain, several mountains *

Powell River (disambiguation) Powell River may refer to: Places * Powell River (British Columbia), a river on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia in Canada * Powell River, British Columbia, a city in Canada ** Powell River Airport * Powell River Regional District, a regio ...

, several watercourses *

Powell Township (disambiguation) Powell Township may refer to: * Powell Township, Craighead County, Arkansas, in Craighead County, Arkansas * Powell Township, Comanche County, Kansas * Powell Township, Michigan * Powell Township, Edmunds County, South Dakota, in Edmunds County, S ...

, several townships

Antarctica

Powell Island Powell Island is a narrow island long and wide, lying between Coronation and Laurie Islands in the central part of the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. Its southern end lies 7 km east of the south-western extremity of Coronation Islan ...

, South Orkney Islands

Maldives

Powell Islands Alifushi (Dhivehi: އަލިފުށި) is one of the inhabited islands of Raa Atoll in the Maldives. History Powell Islands Alifushi and Etthingili were named as the Powell Islands by Captain Robert Moresby after Lieutenant F.F. Powell, who assis ...

, Raa Atoll, Maldives

United States

* Powell, Alabama, a town in DeKalb County * Powell, Missouri, an unincorporated community in McDonald County *

Powell, Cass County, Missouri Powell is an extinct town in Cass County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa ...

, a ghost town *

Powell, Nebraska Powell is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both a ...

, an unincorporated community *

Powell, Ohio Powell is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, located 14 miles (21.5 km) north of the state capital of Columbus. The city is located in Delaware County; a frequent placeholder on the List of highest-income counties in the United States, and 35t ...

, a city in Delaware County *

Powell, Edmunds County, South Dakota Powell is an unincorporated community in Edmunds County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is ...

, an unincorporated community *

Powell, Haakon County, South Dakota Powell is an extinct town in Haakon County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. The GNIS The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features thr ...

, a ghost town *

Powell, Tennessee Powell, formerly known as Powell Station, is a census-designated place in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. The area is located in the Emory Road corridor ( State Route 131), just north of Knoxville, southeast of Clinton, and east of Oak R ...

, an unincorporated community in Knox County *

Powell, Texas Powell is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 136 at the 2010 census. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 105 people, 38 households, and 31 families residing in the town. The population density was 62 ...

, a town in Navarro County *

Powell, Wisconsin Powell is an unincorporated community located in the town of Sherman, Iron County, Wisconsin, United States. Powell is located near Wisconsin Highway 27 south-southeast of Hurley. History A post office called Powell was established in 1908, a ...

, an unincorporated community *

Powell, Wyoming Powell is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,314 at the 2010 census. Powell is an All-America City and home to Northwest College. History Powell was incorporated in 1909. Powell was named for John Wesley Powel ...

, a city in Park County *

Lake Powell Lake Powell is an artificial reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, United States. It is a major vacation destination visited by approximately two million people every year. It is the second largest artificial reservoir by maximum ...

, a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River

Solar System

Powell (crater) Powell is a feature on Earth's Moon, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley. Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt landed less than 1 km northeast of it in 1972, on the Apollo 17 mission, but they did not visit it. To the north of P ...

, a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley on the Moon

Facilities and structures

Powell Hall Powell Hall (formerly known as the St. Louis Theater and Powell Symphony Hall) is the home of the St. Louis Symphony. It was named after Walter S. Powell, a local St. Louis businessman, whose widow donated $1 million towards the purchase and use ...

, home of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in St. Louis, Missouri *

Powell Observatory Powell Observatory is an astronomical observatory located near Louisburg in Miami County, Kansas. It features several large telescopes and is available for public viewing, for private use of Astronomical Society of Kansas City members, and for ...

, Louisburg, Kansas *

Powell Gardens Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden, is a botanical garden in Kingsville, Missouri, United States, east of Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City. It features 6,000 varieties of plants, with 225,000 plants in seasonal displays, and is ope ...

, Kansas City, Missouri *

Powell House (disambiguation) Powell House may refer to: In the United States Various buildings on the National Register of Historic Places (by state): * Benjamin T. Powell House, Camden, Arizona, listed on the NRHP * Powell and Blair Stone Ranch, Proctor, Colorado, listed on ...

, several buildings *

Powell High School (disambiguation) Powell High School can refer to: *Powell High School (Tennessee) in Powell, Tennessee * Powell High School (Wyoming) in Powell, Wyoming See also * * * Powell Middle School (disambiguation) * Powell (disambiguation) Powell may refer to: People ...

, several schools *

Powell Middle School (disambiguation) Powell Middle School may refer to: *JP Powell Middle School (LaFayette, Alabama), USA *John Wesley Powell Middle School (Centennial, Colorado), USA * Powell Middle School (Littleton, Colorado), USA *Powell Middle School, Hernando County School Boa ...

, several schools

Companies

Powell's Books Powell's Books is a chain of bookstores in Portland, Oregon, and its surrounding metropolitan area. Powell's headquarters, dubbed Powell's City of Books, claims to be the largest independent new and used bookstore in the world. Powell's City ...

, a chain of bookstores in the U.S. state of Oregon * Powell Manufacturing Company, a defunct American motor vehicle company *

Powell Peralta Powell Peralta is an American skateboard company founded by George Powell and Stacy Peralta in 1978. The company rose to prominence in the 1980s as skateboarding began maturing as a sport. The company featured the Bones Brigade, a team featurin ...

or Powell Corporation, a skateboard company

Other uses

* '' Powell v. Alabama'', a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court case regarding capital punishment and due process * ''

Powell v. McCormack ''Powell v. McCormack'', 395 U.S. 486 (1969), is a United States Supreme Court case that held that the Qualifications of Members Clause of Article I of the US Constitution is an exclusive list of qualifications of members of the House of Repre ...

'', a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case regarding seating of a member of the House of Representatives * Powell Doctrine, a use of military force doctrine *

Powell's method Powell's method, strictly Powell's conjugate direction method, is an algorithm proposed by Michael J. D. Powell for finding a local minimum In mathematical analysis, the maxima and minima (the respective plurals of maximum and minimum) of a f ...

, an algorithm for finding the minimum of a non-differentiable function