Lake Petersburg
Lake Petersburg is a census-designated place in Menard County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 740 as of the 2020 census. The unincorporated community centers on a small reservoir, which is used extensively by residents for recreation.- Residential area
- …has about 740 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 600 feet (180 metres)
- Description: human settlement in Menard County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as“Lake Petersburg, IL”“Lake Petersburg, Illinois”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln’s New Salem.
Lincoln’s New Salem
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site… Lincoln’s New Salem is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Lake Petersburg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petersburg and Tallula.
Tallula
Village
Tallula is a village in Menard County, Illinois, United States. Tallula is situated 5 miles southwest of Lake Petersburg.
Lake Petersburg
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Latitude
39.98386° or 39° 59′ 2″ north
Longitude
-89.85939° or 89° 51′ 34″ west
UN/LOCODE
US PB2
Open location code
86FGX4MR+G6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Lake Petersburg” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lake Petersburg”
- Chechen: “Лейк-Питерсбург”
- Chinese: “彼得斯堡湖 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “彼得斯堡湖”
- French: “Lake Petersburg”
- German: “Lake Petersburg”
- Gilaki: “لیک پيترزبرگ (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “لیک پيترزبرگ”
- Irish: “Lake Petersburg”
- Italian: “Lake Petersburg”
- Ladin: “Lake Petersburg”
- Persian: “لیک پیترزبرگ، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “لیک پیترزبرگ”
- Polish: “Lake Petersburg”
- Serbian: “Лејк Петерсбург”
- Serbian: “Лејк Питерсбург”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake Petersburg, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lake Petersburg”
- South Azerbaijani: “لیک پیترزبرق، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Lake Petersburg”
- Tatar: “Лейк-Питерсбург”
- Ukrainian: “Лейк-Пітерсбург”
- Urdu: “لیک پیٹیرسبرگ، الینیوائے”
- Welsh: “Llyn Petersburg”
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