Census Data for Petersburg
As far as we can tell, Petersburg has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Petersburg, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Hurlock
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Brookview
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Brookview is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookview
- East New Market
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eldorado
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Eldorado is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Secretary
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Federalsburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Preston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Galestown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Galestown is located in Dorchester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galestown
- Sharptown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Sharptown is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharptown
- Vienna
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Mardela Springs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Mardela Springs is located in Wicomico County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mardela Springs
- Trappe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
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- Bethel
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Cambridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Blades
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Blades is located in Sussex County (DE)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blades
Dorchester County ...
Petersburg is located in Dorchester County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Dorchester County.
Miscellaneous Information for Petersburg ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Dorchester County or the community of Petersburg:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Petersburg:
- GNIS ID for Petersburg: 591000
- GNIS ID for Dorchester County: 596495
- GNIS ID for State of Maryland: 1714934
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Petersburg is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Petersburg.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Dorchester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |