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Petersburg, Indiana

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Evansville. It is located about 37 miles [59 km] to the south of Petersburg and has a population of 121,582 people.<1>

The next largest community is Henderson (KY). It is located about 47 miles [75 km] to the south of Petersburg and has a population of 27,373 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Lawrenceville (IL)   NW27 mi [43.45 km]4,3827.65% decrease
 Mount Carmel (IL)   W26 mi [41.84 km]7,4047.24% decrease
 Olney (IL)   W46 mi [74 km]8,4072.6% decrease
 Robinson (IL)   NW43 mi [69.2 km]6,3696.64% decrease
 Bedford   NE49 mi [78.9 km]13,4862.05% decrease
 Boonville   S30 mi [48.28 km]6,7461.29% decrease
 Huntingburg   SE21 mi [33.8 km]6,1129.18% increase
 Jasper   E19 mi [30.58 km]14,11616.66% increase
 Linton   N38 mi [61.2 km]5,6961.35% decrease
 Mount Vernon   SW50 mi [80.5 km]6,9806.66% decrease
 Princeton   SW18 mi [28.97 km]8,4473.33% increase
 Sullivan   N42 mi [67.6 km]4,4822.92% decrease
 Tell City   SE46 mi [74 km]7,5264.07% decrease
 Vincennes   NW17 mi [27.36 km]17,9763.88% decrease
 Washington   NE12 mi [19.31 km]11,3970.15% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Alfordsville   E18 mi [28.97 km]1152.68% increase
 Decker   W13 mi [20.92 km]2723.89% decrease
 Francisco   SW14 mi [22.53 km]5263.13% decrease
 Hazleton   W14 mi [22.53 km]2812.43% decrease
 Highbank Town   E7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Mackey   S17 mi [27.36 km]1373.52% decrease
 Monroe City   NW9 mi [14.48 km]5244.38% decrease
 Montgomery   NE17 mi [27.36 km]3731.36% increase
 Oakland City Junction   S11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Oakland City   S11 mi [17.7 km]2,5122.94% decrease
 Patoka   W17 mi [27.36 km]7601.47% increase
 Somerville   S15 mi [24.14 km]3032.88% decrease
 Spurgeon   S16 mi [25.75 km]2136.17% decrease
 Wheatland   N11 mi [17.7 km]4843.97% decrease
 Winslow   SE8 mi [12.87 km]8345.33% decrease

Pike County

Petersburg is located in Pike County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pike: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox and Warrick.

While not sharing a border with Pike, the following counties are close to Petersburg: Lawrence (IL), Martin and Wabash (IL).

Below are counties that are near Petersburg (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Petersburg:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Petersburg
 Crawford County (IL)   NWHeathsville (IL)31 miles [49 km]
 Edwards County (IL)   WBone Gap (IL)38 miles [61 km]
 Lawrence County (IL)   WSaint Francisville (IL)20 miles [32 km]
 Richland County (IL)   WBerryville (IL)35 miles [56 km]
 Wabash County (IL)   WAllendale (IL)23 miles [37 km]
 Crawford County   ERiceville35 miles [56 km]
 Daviess County   NESandy Hook6 miles [9 km]
 Dubois County   EIreland16 miles [25 km]
 Gibson County   SDongola8 miles [12 km]
 Greene County   NMarco31 miles [49 km]



Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Petersburg. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Petersburg.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Petersburg and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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