title: Powell
text: # Powell
  
  Powell may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Powell (surname)
  * 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, 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
  