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:
- Mars Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Marshall
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Weaverville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Woodfin
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Hot Springs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Asheville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Burnsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Biltmore Forest
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Biltmore Forest is located in Buncombe County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biltmore Forest
- Black Mountain
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Montreat
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Canton
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Erwin
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
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- Tusculum
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Tusculum is located in Greene County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tusculum
- Clyde
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Greeneville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
Madison County ...
Petersburg is located in Madison County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Madison 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 Madison 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: 992096
- GNIS ID for Madison County: 1025834
- GNIS ID for State of North Carolina: 1027616
- 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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