# Powell

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**Powell** may refer to:

## People

- [Powell (surname)](/source/Powell_(surname))
- [Powell (given name)](/source/Powell_(given_name))
- [Powell baronets](/source/Powell_baronets), several baronetcies
- [Colonel Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Colonel_Powell_(disambiguation)), several military officers
- [General Powell (disambiguation)](/source/General_Powell_(disambiguation)), several military leaders
- [Governor Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Governor_Powell_(disambiguation)), several governors
- [Justice Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Justice_Powell_(disambiguation)), several judges
- [Major Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Major_Powell_(disambiguation)), several military officers
- [Secretary Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Secretary_Powell_(disambiguation)), several officials
- [Senator Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Senator_Powell_(disambiguation)), several senators

## Places

- [Powell Butte (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_Butte_(disambiguation)), several hills
- [Powell County (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_County_(disambiguation)), several counties
- [Powell Creek (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_Creek_(disambiguation)), several watercourses
- [Mount Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Mount_Powell_(disambiguation)) or Powell Mountain, several mountains
- [Powell River (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_River_(disambiguation)), several watercourses
- [Powell Township (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_Township_(disambiguation)), several townships

### Antarctica

- [Powell Island](/source/Powell_Island), South Orkney Islands

### Maldives

- [Powell Islands](/source/Powell_Islands), Raa Atoll, Maldives

### United States

- [Powell, Alabama](/source/Powell,_Alabama), a town in DeKalb County
- [Powell, Missouri](/source/Powell,_Missouri), an unincorporated community in McDonald County
- [Powell, Cass County, Missouri](/source/Powell,_Cass_County,_Missouri), a ghost town
- [Powell, Nebraska](/source/Powell,_Nebraska), an unincorporated community
- [Powell, Ohio](/source/Powell,_Ohio), a city in Delaware County
- [Powell, Edmunds County, South Dakota](/source/Powell,_Edmunds_County,_South_Dakota), an unincorporated community
- [Powell, Haakon County, South Dakota](/source/Powell,_Haakon_County,_South_Dakota), a ghost town
- [Powell, Tennessee](/source/Powell,_Tennessee), an unincorporated community in Knox County
- [Powell, Texas](/source/Powell,_Texas), a town in Navarro County
- [Powell, Wisconsin](/source/Powell,_Wisconsin), an unincorporated community
- [Powell, Wyoming](/source/Powell,_Wyoming), a city in Park County
- [Lake Powell](/source/Lake_Powell), a man-made reservoir on the Colorado River

### Solar System

- [Powell (crater)](/source/Powell_(crater)), a crater in Taurus–Littrow valley on the Moon

## Facilities and structures

- [Powell Hall](/source/Powell_Hall), home of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra in St. Louis, Missouri
- [Powell Observatory](/source/Powell_Observatory), Louisburg, Kansas
- [Powell Gardens](/source/Powell_Gardens), Kansas City, Missouri
- [Powell House (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_House_(disambiguation)), several buildings
- [Powell High School (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_High_School_(disambiguation)), several schools
- [Powell Middle School (disambiguation)](/source/Powell_Middle_School_(disambiguation)), several schools

## Companies

- [Powell's Books](/source/Powell's_Books), a chain of bookstores in the U.S. state of Oregon
- [Powell Manufacturing Company](/source/Powell_Manufacturing_Company), a defunct American motor vehicle company
- [Powell Peralta](/source/Powell_Peralta) or Powell Corporation, a skateboard company

## Other uses

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

## See also

- [Powel (disambiguation)](/source/Powel_(disambiguation))
- [Powells (disambiguation)](/source/Powells_(disambiguation))
- [Baden Powell (disambiguation)](/source/Baden_Powell_(disambiguation))

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