Powell Mountain Church

The community around Powell Mountain Church

It takes 2.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Social Isolation: 34.0%
• Depression: 28.0%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Obesity: 38.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
• Child Poverty: 22.7% (9.5–36.0%)
• Unemployment: 7.2% (1.2–13.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Powell Mountain Church

• Shues Bluff Church — 1.2 mi away in Peterstown, WV
• Midway Church — 1.6 mi away
• Lifeline Church — 1.9 mi away in Peterstown, WV
• First Church of God — 1.9 mi away
• Rich Creek Virginia Church of Christ — 1.9 mi away
• Church of Christ — 1.9 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Cross Ties Apostolic Church — 2.1 mi away
• Church of God of Prophecy — 2.7 mi away in Peterstown, WV
• Glen Lyn Church of Christ — 3 mi away in Glen Lyn, VA