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Petersburg

Ghost town · Jackson County, Indiana

Medora quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:24,000)
Medora quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Petersburg is a ghost town in Jackson County, Indiana. It is the only former community in Jackson County recorded on the federal names register, out of 91 across Indiana.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Petersburg as a historical populated place on the Medora topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.7670° N, 86.1414° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMedora
Elevation532 ft
Nearest living townMedora, IN
Distance to it4.3 miles
GNIS feature ID452186
Coordinates38.76700, -86.14137

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What's there now

Petersburg is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Medora, IN (population 993), about 4.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 532 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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