Petersburg is a small

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and

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, United States. The population was 405 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. Petersburg is located at the intersection of Ohio State Routes

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and

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. It is skirted by

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, the far eastern end of the

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. The community was founded in the 1790s by

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immigrants from

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, which it neighbors.

History

Petersburg was

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ted around 1805 by Peter Musser, and named for him. The post office was originally called Musser's Mill. The Mussers Mills post office was established in 1807, the name was changed to Petersburgh in 1819, and renamed again Petersburg in 1893. The building that was once used as the Petersburg Inn burned to the ground in 1961 and was believed to have been built around 1800. A few other significant historical buildings in the community were St. John's Lutheran Church and the Petersburg Presbyterian Church that were founded by early settlers of that area including the following families: Wallace, Musser, Smith and Kneasel.

Education

Children in Petersburg are served by the public Springfield Local School District, which includes one elementary school, one intermediate school, and

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References

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