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 / 40.433; -76.933

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powells Valley, Pennsylvania
  2. ↑ Notes and Queries, Historical, Biographical and Genealogical, Relating Chiefly to Interior Pennsylvania. Harrisburg Publishing Company. 1895. p. 20-22.


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