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From Wikipedia’s history of Powhatan Point.
Powhatan Point was platted in 1849. A post office called Powhatan Point has been in operation since 1828.
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History · Powhatan Point
Powhatan Point’s post office opened in 1828, and 25% of its homes were built before 1940
More historic than 66% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1937 on.
1828first post office
0on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
Quick answers
How Powhatan Point began
When was Powhatan Point founded?
1828
The Powhatan Point post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1849.
2020 census: 1,461198 years
How historic is Powhatan Point?
B+
What drives the grade ↓More historic than 66% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Powhatan Point post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1849.The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Powhatan Point’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Powhatan Point is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns. Its share of homes from before 1940 holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B+
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Powhatan Point’s overall grade.
Founding era1828, from the first post office: founded 1776–1849, an older era than 75% of U.S. townsA−Homes built before 194025.4% of homes (±6.6) · typical OH town 14.5% · U.S. 8.4%A−National RegisterNo listings counted · typical OH town 2.9 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 66%
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Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Powhatan Point’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (23% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.6 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date; Wikidata’s 1849 falls in the same era, so the grade doesn’t depend on which one is used.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Powhatan Point’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Powhatan Point’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Powhatan Point’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Powhatan Point, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1930s1 item
19371940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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2015
2015
2004Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewFloods - Ohio River Flood, 1937
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Powhatan Point’s page.
Retake this view · +15Places that used to be
Old corners and places now gone
Powhatan Point’s post office has been open since 1828.
Hamlets and corners on the map
Van Dyne Trailer Court
Gone or out of use
Powhatan High Schoolschool
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Powhatan Point’s history
What year was Powhatan Point founded?
The Powhatan Point post office opened in 1828, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1849.
How does Powhatan Point rank for history?
Powhatan Point is more historic than 66% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Powhatan Point?
25% of Powhatan Point’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.6 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1963.
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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Where this page comes from
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.