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is a small unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. It is located in the Emory Road (State Route 131) corridor, just north of Knoxville, southeast of Clinton, and east of Oak Ridge. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Powell was established in 1789 by settlers moving through East Tennessee into the frontier. Attracted by a ready supply of water and good farming land, some settlers stayed to establish one of the first trading outposts in Knox County. The community got its name from the Powell Station train stop.