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History · Powellsville

Powellsville’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Powellsville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Powellsville is a town in Bertie County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, Powellsville had a population of 189. The town is home to Travis Bond (NFL lineman)

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 276 to 189 (-32%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Powellsville 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.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Powellsville’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Powellsville

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Harriet JacobsHarriet JacobsEdenton · 22 miKent BazemoreKent BazemoreKelford · 17 miWilliam BlountWilliam BlountWindsor · 16 miWilliam AllenWilliam AllenEdenton · 22 miEMElla MitchellAhoskie · 5 miJGJesse GonzalezEdenton · 22 mi
By decade

Powellsville, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Powellsville is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Powellsville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bethlehem Baptist Church in Powellsville, 4.4 miles away.

Powellsville and the nearest listed places

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Bethlehem Baptist ChurchRoberts H. Jernigan HouseAhoskie Downtown Historic DistrictAhoskie Historic DistrictEast End Historic DistrictAhoskie School

Closest to Powellsville

Bethlehem Baptist ChurchPowellsville · Building4.4miRoberts H. Jernigan HouseAhoskie · Southern Colonial4.7miAhoskie Downtown Historic DistrictAhoskie · District5.2miAhoskie Historic DistrictAhoskie · Mid-19th Century5.3miEast End Historic DistrictAhoskie · District5.3mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bethlehem Baptist Church’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Powellsville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Powellsville’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Ahoskie📜 Askewville📜 Cofield📜 Colerain
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