Powell Alabama Map

About Powell, Alabama

Powell is a locality in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 901. The population density is 72.4 people per km². Powell is located at 34.5326°N, 85.8976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Powell is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 35959, 35610, 35986.

Powell defines the horizon with a landscape of red-clay soil and dense, shadowed woodland that gathers the humid air of the deep interior. It lies 11.0 miles south of Fort Payne, AL (from Fort Payne, AL: bearing 189°T), and is situated 15.4 miles south-southeast of Rainsville. The terrain rises in the distance toward the crest of Drake Hill, while the low-lying basin of Straight Hollow collects the cool evening mist that settles over the fields. Stapp Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile away, its waters moving with a quiet, persistent gravity toward the deeper drainage of the region. Only two miles distant, the surface of Cashs Lake remains a dark, reflective glass, holding the stillness of the afternoon light beneath the canopy of hardwood trees.

Powell sustains its rhythm through a quiet economy tied to the land and the quiet, industrial persistence of those who work the timber and the soil. The proximity of the Little River Canyon National Preserve, only three miles away, serves as a reminder of the raw, geological forces that shaped the surrounding stone and gorge walls long before the first roads were laid. Life here moves with the patience of the seasons, where the heat of the day lingers in the brickwork of old buildings and the dust of the back roads settles slowly after the passage of a truck. Time in Powell is measured not by the clock, but by the lengthening shadows that creep across the fields when the sun begins to fail behind the ridge.

About This Powell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Powell, Alabama. Coordinates: 34.532588, -85.897553. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Powell includes the ZIP code (35959, 35610, 35986), telephone area code (256, 334, 205), county seat of DeKalb County (Fort Payne), and school district assignment (DeKalb County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.