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Powell

Powell County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,129. Its county seat is . The county was formed January 7, 1852, by Kentucky Governor Lazarus W.
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  • Type: County with 13,100 residents
  • Description: county in Kentucky, United States
  • Also known as: “Powell County”, “Powell County, Kentucky”, and “Powell County, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stanton Airport.

Aerodrome
is a public located one mile east of the central business district of , a city in Powell County, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stanton and Rosslyn.

Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Powell County, , United States. The population was 3,251 in the 2020 census. is the birthplace of Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer Woody Stephens.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Powell County, , United States. A post office was established at in 1898, and remained in operation until 1917. The community most likely was named for the roses near the original town site.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community located in , , United States.

Powell

Latitude
37.8193° or 37° 49′ 9″ north
Longitude
-83.824° or 83° 49′ 26″ west
Population
13,100
Elevation
682 feet (208 metres)
Open location code
869RR59G+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316958987
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4305121
Wiki­data ID
Q491116
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Powell” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Powell County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة باول”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه باول، كنتاكي”
  • Armenian: “Փոուել շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Powell”
  • Basque: “Powell konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Powell County, Kentucky”
  • Bavarian: “Powell County”
  • Bishnupriya: “পাৱেল কাউন্টি, কেন্টাকি”
  • Bishnupriya: “পাৱেল কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Пауъл”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Powell”
  • Cebuano: “Powell County”
  • Chechen: “Пауэлл (гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Пауэлл”
  • Chinese: “Powell Kūn”
  • Chinese: “鮑威爾縣”
  • Chinese: “鮑威爾郡”
  • Chinese: “鲍威尔县”
  • Czech: “Powell County”
  • Dutch: “Powell County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Powell”
  • Esperanto: “Powell County”
  • Estonian: “Powelli maakond”
  • Finnish: “Powellin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Powell”
  • French: “Comté de Powell”
  • French: “Powell County”
  • Ganda: “Powell County, Kentucky”
  • Ganda: “Powell County”
  • Georgian: “პაუელის ოლქი”
  • German: “Powell County”
  • Gilaki: “پاول ٚ شأرستان (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “پاول ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Πάουελ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Πάουελ”
  • Hungarian: “Powell megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Powell”
  • Italian: “contea di Powell”
  • Italian: “Contea di Powell”
  • Italian: “Powell County”
  • Japanese: “パウエル郡”
  • Korean: “파월군”
  • Low German: “Powell County”
  • Mazanderani: “پاول شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Powell Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Powell Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Powell County i Kentucky”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Powell County”
  • Norwegian: “Powell County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پاول، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پاول”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Powell”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Powell”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Powell”
  • Portuguese: “Powell County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Powell, Kentucky”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Powell”
  • Russian: “Пауэлл”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Powell”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Powell County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Пауел”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Powell County, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Powell County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Powell”
  • Slovenian: “Powell County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Powell”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Powell”
  • Spanish: “Powell County”
  • Swedish: “Powell County, Kentucky”
  • Swedish: “Powell County”
  • Tatar: “Пауэлл (округ, Кентуки)”
  • Tatar: “Пауэлл”
  • Tumbuka: “Powell County, Kentucky”
  • Tumbuka: “Powell County”
  • Turkish: “Powell County, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Powell County, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Powell County, KY”
  • Turkish: “Powell County”
  • Turkish: “Powell ilçesi, Kentucky”
  • Turkish: “Powell ilçesi, Ky.”
  • Turkish: “Powell ilçesi, KY”
  • Turkish: “Powell ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Повелл”
  • Urdu: “پاول کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “پاول کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Powell”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Powell, Kentucky”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Powell”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Powell, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Powell”
  • Welsh: “Powell County, Kentucky”
  • Welsh: “Powell County”
  • Western Panjabi: “پاول کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Knowlton and Bowen.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cat Creek Church and Crowe Cemetery.

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