Powellville, Maryland

About Powellville

Powellville is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Maryland.

Officially, Powellville is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.57 square miles.

📰 Powellville News Today

• Obituary information for Franklin R Jones Holloway Funeral Home · Apr 22
• Richard Wesley Thomas Obituary - The Daily Times DelmarvaNow.com · Mar 26
• Virginia Phippin Obituary (1937 - 2021) - Powellville, MD - The Daily Times Legacy | Obituary · Jul 10
• Early Morning Electrical Fire Ravages Home in Parsonsburg WMDT · Dec 8
• Obituary information for Steven Adam Bethard Holloway Funeral Home · Aug 11

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Powellville Unique

• The only place in America named Powellville — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Powellville

• Adkins Mill Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chesapeake Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Chesapeake Forest - Cordery Complex · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Powellville Fire Tower · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Figgs Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Jones Et Al Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easemen · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Layfield - Wicomico Portion Conservation Reserve Enhancement · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Layfield - Worcester Portion Conservation Reserve Enhancemen · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Patey Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Rohm Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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