Petersburg
Petersburgh is a town located in the northeast section of Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,372 at the 2020 census. The town was named after an early settler named Peter Simmons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,370 residents
- Description: town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Petersburg, Rensselaer County”, “Petersburgh”, “Petersburgh, New York”, “Petersburgh, NY”, “Rensselaer Mills”, “South Petersburg”, and “South Petersburgh”
- Postal code: 12138
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petersburgh United Methodist Church and Odell Hill.
Petersburgh United Methodist Church
Church
Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petersburgh United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church at 12 Head of Lane Road in Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York. It was originally built in 1820 and modified to its present Queen Anne style appearance in 1892.
Odell Hill
Peak
Odell Hill is a summit in the U.S. state of New York. The elevation is 1,257 feet. Odell Hill was named in 1790 after Simeon Odell. Odell Hill is situated 1½ miles north of Petersburg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Berlin and Pownal.
Berlin
Village
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Berlin is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,808 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Berlin in Germany, although natives pronounce the name differently, with the accent on the first syllable. Berlin is situated 4 miles southwest of Petersburg.
Pownal
Village
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Pownal is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,258. The town of Pownal includes the villages of Pownal, North Pownal, and Pownal Center. Pownal is situated 5 miles east of Petersburg.
Grafton
Hamlet
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Grafton is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 2,051 at the 2020 census. It is believed that the town received its name from Grafton, Vermont, where the first town supervisor, Nathaniel Dumbledore, was originally from. Grafton is situated 6 miles west of Petersburg.
Petersburg
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Petersburgh, Rensselaer, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.74952° or 42° 44′ 58″ northLongitude
-73.34011° or 73° 20′ 24″ westPopulation
1,370Elevation
712 feet (217 metres)United Nations Location Code
US TSBOpen location code
87J8PMX5+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 158856956OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Petersburg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيترسبورغ”
- Basque: “Petersburgh”
- Chechen: “Питерсбург”
- Chinese: “彼得斯堡 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “彼得斯堡”
- French: “Petersburgh”
- German: “Petersburgh”
- Haitian: “Petersburgh, New York”
- Haitian: “Petersburgh”
- Hungarian: “Petersburgh”
- Mazanderani: “پیترزبورگ (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “پیترزبورگ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Petersburgh”
- Polish: “Petersburg”
- Polish: “Petersburgh”
- Spanish: “Petersburgh”
- Swedish: “Petersburgh”
- Tatar: “Питерсбург”
- Turkish: “Petersburgh”
- Ukrainian: “Пітерсбург”
- Urdu: “پیٹرزبرگ، نیو یارک”
- Uzbek: “Petersburgh, New York”
- Uzbek: “Petersburgh”
- Uzbek: “Петерсбургҳ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Town of Petersburgh and Petersburgh Town Hall.
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