South
Kentucky
Boone

Petersburg

Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census Petersburg, along with its surrounding areas that use the 41080 zip code, had a population of 500.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet with 620 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky
  • Also known as: “Caledonia”, “New Caldonia”, “Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky”, “Petersburg, Kentucky”, “Petersburg, KY”, and “Tanners Bottom”
  • Postal code: 41080

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tanner’s Creek Generating Station and Lawrenceburg High School.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tanner's Creek Generating Station was a major, 1000-MWe coal-fired electrical power plant in . Located on the north bank of Ohio River along Tanners Creek, it was one of the two coal-fired power stations within 3 miles of , near the of Indiana, , and .

School
is a high school located in , . The current building was built in 1937. In 1964 the new gym was built to bring the sectionals back to Lawrenceburg. is situated 2½ miles north of Petersburg.

House
Photo: Cédric Boismain, CC BY 2.0.
The Mansion, also known as the Thomas Gaff House, is located at 213 Fifth Street, in . Built in 1855 on a bluff above the Ohio River, it is one of the finest surviving examples of an Italian Renaissance estate house, and a rare well-preserved example of the work of architect Isaiah Rogers. is situated 2 miles southwest of Petersburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Utah and Lawrenceburg.

Hamlet
is a populated location in , in the . is situated 1½ miles west of Petersburg.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is in and was founded in 1802 as a center around riverboat commerce on the Ohio River.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a city in , , United States. The population was 3,479 at the 2020 census. is situated 2 miles southwest of Petersburg.

Petersburg

Latitude
39.06923° or 39° 4′ 9″ north
Longitude
-84.86828° or 84° 52′ 6″ west
Population
620
Elevation
512 feet (156 metres)
Open location code
86FQ349J+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154357549
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4304035
Wiki­data ID
Q7178159
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Petersburg from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Petersburg” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Petersburg”
  • Cebuano: “Petersburg”
  • Chechen: “Питерсбург (Бун гуо, Кентукки)”
  • Chechen: “Питерсбург”
  • Chinese: “彼得堡”
  • Chinese: “彼得斯堡”
  • Chinese: “肯塔基彼得堡”
  • Dutch: “Petersburg”
  • French: “Petersburg”
  • German: “Petersburg”
  • Irish: “Petersburg”
  • Italian: “Petersburg”
  • Ladin: “Petersburg”
  • Persian: “پیترزبرگ، شهرستان بون، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “پیترزبرگ”
  • Polish: “Petersburg”
  • Serbian: “Питерсбург”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Petersburg, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Petersburg”
  • Spanish: “Petersburg”
  • Tatar: “Питерсбург (Бун округы, Кентукки)”
  • Tatar: “Питерсбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітерсбург”
  • Urdu: “پیٹرزبرگ، بون کاؤنٹی، کینٹکی”
  • Urdu: “پیٹرزبرگ”
  • Volapük: “Petersburg”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Petersburg”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Oldtown and Westside.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Petersburg Christian Church and Petersburg Baptist Church.

Kentucky: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Frankfort, Louisville, Lexington, and Bowling Green.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Petersburg”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.