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PetersburgMonroe County,MichiganThe Michigan state capital is Lansing. What would you like to know about Petersburg
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The population of Petersburg is approximately 1,138 (2005).
The amount of land area in Petersburg is 1.122 sq. kilometers.
Petersburg elevation is 675 feet above sea level. The Petersburg median home price is $105,000 (2000). Petersburg miscellany. Return to Index Petersburg location: northwest of Toledo, Ohio in southeastern Michigan. Other nearby communities include Deerfield, Dundee, Britton, Blissfield, Lambertville, Milan and Temperance all in Michigan and Sylvania in Ohio.
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History & History Related Items Petersburg history: This community was named for Richard Peters. He arrived here in 1824 and bought a farm. Later, in 1836, he sold some of his property to found the town. He was the first postmaster, naming the town Summerfield. The name was changed to Petersburgh in 1863 with the spelling changing in the 1890's to Petersburg. It was incorporated in 1869 as a village and then as a city in 1969.
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