Powhatan is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Johnston County,
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
, United States,
centered on the intersection of Powhatan Road and
U.S. Route 70 Business, equidistant from the towns of
Clayton and
Wilson's Mills. It lies at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m).
[
The community is home to a large athletics complex on Powhatan Road, as well as several large chemical/pharmaceutical plants, including the ]Grifols
Grifols, S.A. () is a Spanish multinational pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturer. Principally a producer of blood plasma-based products, a field in which it is the European leader and largest worldwide, the company also supplies devices, ins ...
plant on US 70 Business, and Novo Nordisk
Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with production facilities in nine countries, and affiliates or offices in five countries. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder ...
on Powhatan Road. Just east of the community is the eastern terminus of the Clayton Bypass (mainline US 70
U.S. Route 70 or U.S. Highway 70 (US 70) is an east–west United States highway that runs for from eastern North Carolina to east-central Arizona. It is a major east–west highway of the Southeastern, Southern and Southwestern United States. ...
).
References
Unincorporated communities in Johnston County, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
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