Petersburg, Boone County, Kentucky

Petersburg, Kentucky
Census-designated place (CDP)

Location within Boone County and the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 39°4′8″N 84°52′2″W / 39.06889°N 84.86722°W / 39.06889; -84.86722Coordinates: 39°4′8″N 84°52′2″W / 39.06889°N 84.86722°W / 39.06889; -84.86722
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Boone
Area
 • Total 7.0 sq mi (18.2 km2)
 • Land 6.2 sq mi (16.0 km2)
 • Water 0.8 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 620
 • Density 100/sq mi (38.7/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 41080
FIPS code 21-60312
GNIS feature ID 0500480

Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census Petersburg, along with its surrounding areas that use the 41080 zip code, had a population of 620.[1]

Petersburg is located at the site of Tanner's Station, an outpost founded before 1790.[2] The Bullittsburg Baptist Church was founded outside the former hamlets of Utzinger and Gainesville/Idewild, east and north of Petersburg, in 1794.

Petersburg, in 1791, was a candidate for the site of the new state's capital, however the Petersburg in contention was a site that no longer exists by name in Woodford County, Kentucky. [3]

Petersburg contains the Creation Museum, operated by the apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis.[4]

Notable natives

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Petersburg CDP, Kentucky". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 54.
  3. ↑ http://www.nkyviews.com/boone/text/pburg_as_cap.html
  4. ↑ "HomeTownLocator". Retrieved 2006-06-10.


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