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Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) 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. It is located on the Ohio River, 25 miles from Cincinnati, Ohio. Archaeological evidence reveals an ancient Indian settlement was located at Petersburg town site. The first white settlement at Petersburg was Tanner's Station, an outpost founded before 1790. Tanner's station was the first settlement in Boone County, KY. Tanner's Station was renamed Petersburg in 1814. The Bullittsburg Baptist Church was founded outside the former hamlets of Utzinger an…
Its first post office opened in 1819. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 620 to 500 (-19%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Petersburg’s post office has been open since 1819.
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Questions about Petersburg’s history
What year was Petersburg founded?
The Petersburg post office opened in 1819, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What is on the National Register in Petersburg?
21 listings: 19 buildings, among them the Jonathan Carlton House (listed 1982, the first), and 2 historic districts, the Capt. N. Collins House District and the Wingate-Gaines Farm District, with 17 contributing buildings. 46 historic buildings in all.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (21), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
