Welcome to Petersburg ...So far, we found very little information about Petersburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Petersburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Petersburg, please Contact Us. Petersburg would have been located within present day Cooper County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Petersburg, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Petersburg is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Petersburg was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Petersburg was located: 660 Communities Also Named Petersburg ...While we believe that this Petersburg is located in Cooper County, we know of another 3 Missouri communities named Petersburg. Those communities are located in the following counties: Boone, Henry and Howard County. Beyond Missouri, there are 54 communities that are also named Petersburg - they are located in Alaska, California (2), Delaware, Georgia, Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (6), Kentucky (3), Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey (3), New York, North Carolina (3), North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Petersburg. Communities near Petersburg ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Petersburg.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Petersburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Petersburg. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Petersburg. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Petersburg. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Petersburg. See our Newspapers Page for Petersburg. Adding Petersburg to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Petersburg in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Petersburg was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Petersburg. Footnotes ...
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