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Powell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Knox County, Tennessee, just north of Knoxville.

The 2020 census counted 13,802 residents in Powell.

The 2020 census counted 5,494 households and 5,766 housing units in the Powell CDP.

Powell was settled in the late 1780s, before Knoxville was founded, and among its early settlers was Stockley Donelson, a brother-in-law of President Andrew Jackson.

Donelson's home, now known as the Alexander Bishop House, still stands on Bishop Lane in Powell.

The community takes its name from Powell Station, a train stop named for Columbus Powell, a prominent local resident.

In the early 20th century, bricks made with mud from Beaver Creek were loaded onto trains at Powell and shipped out over the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway.

Powell's Airplane Service Station, a filling station built in the shape of an airplane, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Weigel's chain of convenience stores started in Powell and is still headquartered there.

DeRoyal Industries, which manufactures and markets medical products, is Powell's largest employer.