Petersburg
Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census Petersburg, along with its surrounding areas that use the 41080 zip code, had a population of 500.- 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 George Street Bridge.
Tanner’s Creek Generating Station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tanner's Creek Generating Station was a major, 1000-MWe coal-fired electrical power plant in Indiana. 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 Lawrenceburg, Indiana, near the tripoint of Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky.
George Street Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
George Street Bridge, also known as County Bridge No. 159, is a historic Whipple truss bridge located at Aurora, Indiana. It was built by the Lomas Forge & Bridge Works in 1887. George Street Bridge is situated 2 miles southwest of Petersburg.
Daniel S. Major House
House
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Daniel S. Major House is a historic home located at Lawrenceburg, Indiana. It was built between 1857 and 1860, and is a two-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick dwelling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Utah and Lawrenceburg.
Utah
Neighborhood
Utah is a populated location in Dearborn County, Indiana, in the United States. Utah is situated 1½ miles west of Petersburg.
Lawrenceburg
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lawrenceburg is in Southern Indiana and was founded in 1802 as a center around riverboat commerce on the Ohio River.
Aurora
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aurora is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 3,479 at the 2020 census. Aurora is situated 2 miles southwest of Petersburg.
Petersburg
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: Boone, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.06923° or 39° 4′ 9″ northLongitude
-84.86828° or 84° 52′ 6″ westPopulation
620Elevation
512 feet (156 metres)Open location code
86FQ349J+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 154357549OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4304035Wikidata ID
Q7178159
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Satellite Map
Discover Petersburg from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
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