Powhatan, North Carolina

35°36′50″N 78°25′03″W / 35.61389°N 78.41750°W / 35.61389; -78.41750 Powhatan is an unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States,^[1] centered on the intersection of Powhatan Road and U.S. Route 70 Business, equidistant from the towns of Clayton and Wilson's Mills. It lies at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m).^[1]

The community is home to a large athletics complex on Powhatan Road, as well as several large chemical/pharmaceutical plants, including the Grifols plant on US 70 Business, and Novo Nordisk on Powhatan Road.^{[citation needed]} Just east of the community is the eastern terminus of the Clayton Bypass (mainline US 70).

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^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Powhatan, North Carolina

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Johnston County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Smithfield
Towns	Archer Lodge Benson Clayton‡ Four Oaks Kenly‡ Micro Pine Level Princeton Selma Smithfield Wilson's Mills
Unincorporated communities	Cleveland Emit Flowers Grabtown Hocutts Crossroads Jordan McGee's Crossroads Peacocks Crossroads Powhatan Stancils Chapel West Smithfield
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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