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'''Powells Valley''' (variants include '''Powell Valley''', '''Powl Valley''' and '''Powls Valley''') is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Halifax Township]], [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]], United States, situated in the [[Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]].<ref>{{GNIS|1184371}}</ref> |
'''Powells Valley''' (variants include '''Powell Valley''', '''Powl Valley''' and '''Powls Valley''') is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Halifax Township]], [[Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]], United States, situated in the [[Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area]].<ref>{{GNIS|1184371}}</ref> |
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Powells Valley is located on [[Pennsylvania Route 225]] just below [[Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Matamoras]]. The area began as a Post Office.<ref>{{cite book|title=Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyxBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA20|year=1895|publisher=Harrisburg Publishing Company|page=20}}</ref> |
Powells Valley is located on [[Pennsylvania Route 225]] just below [[Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania|Matamoras]]. The area began as a Post Office and is named for a [[Quaker]] family from [[York County, Pennsylvania|York County]] who settled near the mouth of [[Powell Creek (Pennsylvania)|Powells Creek]] around 1760.<ref>{{cite book|title=Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyxBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA20|year=1895|publisher=Harrisburg Publishing Company|page=20-22}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 13:41, 28 December 2023
Powells Valley (variants include Powell Valley, Powl Valley and Powls Valley) is an unincorporated community in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area.[1]
Powells Valley is located on Pennsylvania Route 225 just below Matamoras. The area began as a Post Office and is named for a Quaker family from York County who settled near the mouth of Powells Creek around 1760.[2]
40°25′59″N 76°55′59″W / 40.433°N 76.933°W
References[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powells Valley, Pennsylvania
- ^ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 20-22.
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