Petersburg
Petersburg is a railway stop in Chesterfield, Virginia. Petersburg is situated nearby to Shiloh Pentecostal Church, as well as near Ettrick Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Petersburg station and Ettrick Elementary School.
Petersburg station
Railway station
Photo: CZmarlin, Public domain.
Petersburg station is an Amtrak railroad station located in Ettrick, Virginia, just outside the city of Petersburg. The station, adjacent to the campus of Virginia State University, is served by five Amtrak routes: the Carolinian, Floridian, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, and Silver Meteor.
Ettrick Elementary School
School
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Ettrick Elementary School is situated 1,600 feet south of Petersburg.
Ettrick-Matoaca Library
Library
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Ettrick-Matoaca Library is situated 1 mile southwest of Petersburg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ettrick and Colonial Heights.
Ettrick
Village
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Ettrick is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station.
Colonial Heights
Town
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Colonial Heights is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,170. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Colonial Heights with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes.
Pocahontas Island
Neighborhood
Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.
Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city. Pocahontas Island is situated 1½ miles east of Petersburg.
Petersburg
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Chesterfield, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.24201° or 37° 14′ 31″ northLongitude
-77.42905° or 77° 25′ 45″ westNetwork
AmtrakOpen location code
87946HRC+R9OpenStreetMap ID
node 8185934875OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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