Powells Valley (variants include Powell Valley, Powl Valley and Powls Valley) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Halifax Township,
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County (; Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: Daffin Kaundi) is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the populati ...
, United States, situated in the
Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area
The Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area, officially the Harrisburg–Carlisle, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and also referred to as the Susquehanna Valley, is defined by the Office of Management and Budget as an area consi ...
.
Powells Valley is located on
Pennsylvania Route 225
Pennsylvania Route 225 (PA 225) is a state highway located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin and Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Northumberland Counties in Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 22 ...
just below
Matamoras. The area began as a Post Office and is named for a
Quaker
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers ...
family from
York County who settled near the mouth of
Powells Creek Powells or Powell's may refer to:
Places
* Powell Islands (Powells), Raa Atoll, Maldives
Cities, towns, communities
* Powells Corners, Ontario, Canada
United States
* Powells Crossroads, Tennessee
* Powells Point, North Carolina
* Powellton, Cal ...
around 1760.
References
External links
Powells Valley Profile
Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area
Unincorporated communities in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania
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