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Fire Hydrant Flushing will be done during October 19, 2026-October 23, 2026 which may cause residents to experience discoloration.

Sealed bids are being accepted at the Municipal Building 104 Mellott Street, Powhatan Point, Ohio 43942. Vehicle is no longer needed for municipal purposes and will be sold as is with a minimum bid starting at $500.00. Please include your name, address and phone number in your sealed bid. These bids will be accepted until […]

The council just wants you to know that we are working on trying to get buildings torn down. There is a procedure we must go through to get properties on our county Land Bank list for possible demolition. If the owner pays the property tax we can’t touch it.  If the taxes haven’t been paid […]

The former school building is owned by the Powhatan Point Revitalization Association, a nonprofit organization established in 2012 to purchase the property from the Board of Education of the Switzerland of Ohio Local School District. The association is now defunct, and only one board member is believed to be living. Because of this and the […]

We’ve always had an ordinance that stated you couldn’t keep junk vehicles on your property and your grass has to be cut but in the last few months the council has instituted a new drive to try to clean up Powhatan.  As a council we want to help you in anyway to clean up your […]