Petersburg, Virginia
| Petersburg, Virginia | ||
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| Independent city | ||
Downtown Petersburg
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| Nickname(s): The Cockade City | ||
 Location in the state of Virginia |
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| Coordinates: 37°12′46″N 77°24′1″W / 37.21278°N 77.40028°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Virginia | |
| County | None (Independent city) | |
| Founded | December 17, 1748 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | W. Howard Myers | |
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| • Independent city | 23.2 sq mi (60 km2) | |
| • Land | 22.9 sq mi (59 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) | |
| Elevation | 134 ft (40 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Independent city | 32,420 | |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (540/km2) | |
| • Metro | 1,126,262 | |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| ZIP codes | 23803–23806 | |
| Area code(s) | 804 | |
| FIPS code | 51-61832 | |
| GNIS ID | 1497087 | |
| Website | www |
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Petersburg Old Town Historic District
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Intersection of Sycamore and Bollingbrook
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| Location | U.S. 1 and VA 36, Petersburg, Virginia |
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| Area | 190 acres (77 ha) |
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| Added to NRHP | July 04, 1980 |
Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 32,420. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg (along with the city of Colonial Heights) with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. It is located on the Appomattox River and 21 miles (34 km) south of the state capital of Richmond. The city's unique industrial past and its location as a transportation hub combined to create wealth for Virginia and the region.
Petersburg was the final destination on the Upper Appomattox Canal Navigation System because of the location on the Appomattox River at the fall line (the head of navigation of rivers on the U.S. east coast) early in the history of the Colony of Virginia, which was a strategic place for transportation and commercial activities. It connected commerce as far inland as Farmville, Virginia to shipping on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. This also made Peterburg, the site of Fort Henry. As railroads emerged beginning in the 1830s, it became a major transfer point for both north-south and east-west competitors. The Petersburg Railroad was one of the earliest predecessors of the modern-day CSX Transportation system. Several of the earliest predecessors of the area's other major Class 1 railroad, Norfolk Southern, also met at Petersburg.
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