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Navarro County ESD No. 1 Fire Department (Powell)
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Station
22 on the department's roster in the state's directory, as the department last updated it on 6 July 2026.
What the record shows
The district's board has met at the station, which its notices call the ESD No. 1 VFD Station and Powell City Hall, one building at 201 Carr Street.
The district has run the Powell station as its own department. In June 2026 its board voted 3 to 1, with one abstention, to return it to an incorporated nonprofit volunteer department. The board heard that the earlier Powell VFD corporation still exists but lost its tax-exempt status in 2015, and was advised to form a new nonprofit.
The IRS approved the new nonprofit's application by August 2026, when the department's by-laws were still being written and all three Powell trucks were in service.
Funded in part by Navarro County Emergency Services District No. 1. Approved by voters on 6 November 2007, it covers the Kerens school district and levies a property tax for fire service. Its five commissioners are appointed by the county commissioners court.
State grants, fiscal 2026
Source: Texas A&M Forest Service, Texas FireConnect, department record 1823, read 17 September 2026. Station position checked against the USGS National Structures Dataset.