Map of Petersburg city, Texas

Petersburg is a city in Hale County, Texas, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 1,202.

Petersburg city overview:
Name:	Petersburg city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Hale County
Elevation:	3,255 ft (992 m)
Total Area:	0.81 sq mi (2.10 km²)
Land Area:	0.81 sq mi (2.10 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,202
Population Density:	1,399.26/sq mi (540.27/km²)
ZIP code:	79250
Area code:	806
FIPS code:	4856996
Website:	petersburgtx.com

Online Interactive Map

Petersburg online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.

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History

Petersburg was founded in 1891 as a post office in southeast Hale County. It was named for Zack Peters and his wife, Margaret, who was the first postmistress. In 1902, Ed M. White established a store at the site of the present community, and moved the post office 5 miles (8 km) southwest into Hale County. Although the townsite was platted in 1909, its population remained below 100 until the Fort Worth and Denver Railway was built through town in 1928. Wheat and grain sorghum (milo) were the main crops in the area until cotton was first planted in 1905.

The town was incorporated with a population of 200 in 1927. Petersburg grew as a farming and rail-shipment center, and by 1949, it had 22 businesses and 500 people. By 1980, its population had grown to 1,633; businesses included the Wylie Manufacturing Company, the Hughes Trucking Company, and a weekly newspaper, the Post. The population dropped to 1,262 according to the 2000 census.

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Geography

Petersburg is located on the High Plains of the Llano Estacado at 33°52′10″N 101°35′51″W / 33.86944°N 101.59750°W / 33.86944; -101.59750 (33.8695249, –101.5973877), in southeastern Hale County. It is 27 miles (43 km) south of Plainview, the county seat, and 31 miles (50 km) northeast of Lubbock.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.81 sq mi (2.1 km), all of it land.