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People

Powell (surname) Powell is a surname. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name ''Hywel'' (later Anglicized as ''Howell''), with the prefix ''ap'' meaning "son of", together forming ''ap Hywel'', or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh an ...

* Powell (given name) * Powell baronets, several baronetcies * Colonel Powell (disambiguation), several military officers * General Powell (disambiguation), several military leaders * Governor Powell (disambiguation), several governors * Justice Powell (disambiguation), several judges * Major Powell (disambiguation), several military officers * Secretary Powell (disambiguation), several officials * Senator Powell (disambiguation), several senators

Places

* Powell Butte (disambiguation), several hills * Powell County (disambiguation), several counties * Powell Creek (disambiguation), several watercourses * Mount Powell (disambiguation) or Powell Mountain, several mountains * Powell River (disambiguation), several watercourses * Powell Township (disambiguation), several townships

Antarctica

* Powell Island, South Orkney Islands

Maldives

* Powell Islands, Raa Atoll, Maldives

United States

* Powell, Alabama, a town in DeKalb County * Powell, Missouri, an unincorporated community in McDonald County * Powell, Cass County, Missouri, a ghost town * Powell, Nebraska, an unincorporated community * Powell, Ohio, a city in Delaware County * Powell, Edmunds County, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Powell, Haakon County, South Dakota, a ghost town * Powell, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in Knox County * Powell, Texas, a town in Navarro County * Powell, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Powell, Wyoming, a city in Park County *

Lake Powell Lake Powell is a reservoir on the Colorado River in Utah and Arizona, United States. It is a major vacation destination visited by approximately two million people every year. It holds of water when full, second in the United States to only the ...

, a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River

Solar System

* Powell (crater), a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley on the Moon

Facilities and structures

* Powell Hall, home of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in St. Louis, Missouri * Powell Observatory, Louisburg, Kansas * Powell Gardens, Kansas City, Missouri * Powell House (disambiguation), several buildings * Powell High School (disambiguation), several schools * Powell Middle School (disambiguation), several schools

Companies

* Powell's Books, a chain of bookstores in the U.S. state of Oregon * Powell Manufacturing Company, a defunct American motor vehicle company * Powell Peralta or Powell Corporation, a skateboard company

Other uses

* '' Powell v. Alabama'', a 1932 U.S. Supreme Court case regarding capital punishment and due process * '' Powell v. McCormack'', a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court case regarding seating of a member of the House of Representatives * Powell Doctrine, a use of military force doctrine * Powell's method, an algorithm for finding the minimum of a non-differentiable function