Powhatan (disambiguation)

The Powhatan are a Native American tribe.

Powhatan or Powhattan may also refer to:

Places in the United States

• Powhatan, Arkansas, a town in Lawrence County
• Powhatan Historic State Park, Lawrence County, Arkansas
• Powhattan Township, Brown County, Kansas
  • Powhattan, Kansas, a city
• Powhatan, Louisiana, a village
• Powhatan, North Carolina, an unincorporated community
• Powhattan, Ohio, an unincorporated community
• Powhatan County, Virginia
  • Powhatan, Virginia, a census-designated place and county seat
• Powhatan Rural Historic District, near King George, King George County, Virginia, on the National Register of Historic Places
• Fort Powhatan, near Garysville, Virginia, built during the Revolutionary War and abandoned after the Civil War
• Powhatan, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

People

• Powhatan (given name)
  • Powhatan (Native American leader) (1545–1618), leader of the Powhatan tribe and father of Pocahontas

Ships

• USS Powhatan, six United States Navy ships
• Powhatan-class tugboat, a United States Navy class
• Powhattan (1837), a ship transporting emigrants which sank in 1854 with the loss of all aboard

Other uses

• Powhatan language, an extinct Algonquian language
• Powhatan Apartments, a Chicago landmark
• Powhatan (Five Forks, Virginia), a home on the National Register of Historic Places
• Hotel Powhatan (opened 1891), later the Powhatan College for Young Women (1900–1913), Ranson, West Virginia
• Powhatan High School, Powhatan County, Virginia

See also

• Powhatan Point, Ohio, a village
• Powhatan Arrow, a train