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Petersburg

Ghost town · Boone County, Missouri

Sturgeon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500)
Sturgeon quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Petersburg is a ghost town in Boone County, Missouri. It is one of 17 former communities in Boone County on the federal names register. No county in Missouri has more among the 102 Missouri counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Petersburg as a historical populated place on the Sturgeon 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 39.1603° N, 92.3124° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSturgeon
Elevation759 ft
Nearest living townSturgeon, MO
Distance to it5.4 miles
GNIS feature ID759413
Coordinates39.16032, -92.31240

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What's there now

Petersburg is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sturgeon, MO (population 1,143), about 5.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 759 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Petersburg?

Petersburg is in Boone County, Missouri, at 39.1603, -92.3124.

How many ghost towns are in Boone County?

Boone County, Missouri has 17 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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