The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPowell is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 901. Powell is located atop Sand Mountain. Originally incorporated as Powell's Crossroads in the 1960s, it had shortened its name to Powell by the 1990 U.S. Census. Northeast Alabama Community College is located on the northwest border of the town.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 955 to 901 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1985.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Powell yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Powell’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Powell’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Powell, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Powell is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Powell has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Fort Payne Residential Historic District in Fort Payne, 11.6 miles away.
Powell and the nearest listed places
Closest to Powell
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.