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 ...

Henry County, Missouri Henry County is a county located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,946. Its county seat is Clinton. The county was organized December 13, 1834, as Rives County but was renamed ...

, United States.

History

Variant names were "Carrsville" and "Petersburgh". Petersburg was originally called Carrsville, and under the latter name was founded in the 1870s, taking its name from Carrsville Mill. A post office called Carrsville was established in 1872, the name was changed to Petersburgh in 1881, and the post office closed in 1902. The present name honors Peter Lane, a local merchant.

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