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Revision as of 16:38, 14 January 2021
Powhatan (formerly Atwood Ferry) is a former coal mining community north of Port Birmingham, at the Atwood Ferry Bridge which carries Birmingport Road (Alabama State Highway 269) over the Locust Fork River.
The name honors the people native to eastern Virginia, and translates as "village at the rapids." The Powhatan Post Office was established in 1919.
References
- Foscue, Virginia O. (1989) Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. ISBN 081730410X