Located within Spalding Township, it is part of the Marinette micropolitan area.

Several sources claim the village was named after Edward Powers, a civil engineer involved in building the railroad there.

[7][8][9] Another source claims the village was founded in 1872 and named after Tom Powers, an engineer for the Chicago & North Western Railroad.

The two concurrent highways lead east 23 miles (37 km) to Escanaba on Lake Michigan.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.94 square miles (2.43 km2), all of it recorded as land.

[3] The Cedar River flows briefly through the northern portion of the village.

The racial makeup of the village was 98.3% White, 0.9% Native American, 0.2% Asian, and 0.5% from other races.

The racial makeup of the village was 97.67% White, 0.47% Native American, and 1.86% from two or more races.