Petersburg is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Kent County,

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, United States. Petersburg is located on

Delaware Route 10 Delaware Route 10 (DE 10) is a state highway in Kent County, Delaware, Kent County, Delaware. It runs from Maryland Route 287 (MD 287) at the Maryland border in Sandtown, Delaware, Sandtown east to an interchange with the D ...

, southwest of Camden and west of Woodside.

Notable people

* M. Evelyn Killen (1871-1951), President, Delaware State

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References

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