Powell Alabama Map

About Powell, Alabama

Powell is a locality in Lauderdale 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 emerges from the humid, red-clay expanse of northern Alabama, defined by the quiet persistence of the Hurn Spring Branch as it carves a path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 20.0 miles northwest of Athens, AL (from Athens, AL: bearing 307°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west-southwest of Giles. White Ridge looms five miles to the horizon, a firm, blue-tinted boundary that anchors the view and traps the afternoon heat against the damp, heavy air. The landscape here is a study in quiet transition, where the dense, tangled thickets of bottomland hardwood yield to the long-shadowed stillness of the inland plains. Sunlight at dusk catches the iron in the soil, turning the furrows of the fields into a dull, bruised copper that glows briefly before the evening damp settles over the grass.

Powell maintains a measured, deliberate pace, built upon a history of agrarian labor and the slow, steady cultivation of the surrounding acres. Beyond the immediate reach of the community, the deeper silence of the Blowing Springs Cave Tract offers a subterranean complexity to the geology, while the waters of Richardson Ponds provide a secluded point of stillness seven miles away. Residents navigate the proximity of Hood Hollow, a minor basin that draws the eye and shapes the local drainage, acting as a natural catchment for the seasonal rains that feed the timber. Life here is not hurried by the demands of distant commerce, but rather sustained by the traditions of the land and the persistent, quiet pull of the local geography.

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 Lauderdale County (Florence), 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.