Peterson, Virginia

Peterson Chapel
(Scott County)

Petsworth
(Gloucester County)

Community
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Current Weather

Peterson is located in Scott County.

Peterson is 420 feet [128.02 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Peterson lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Peterson can be found in:

	Alabama	Minnesota
	Arizona (historic ^<2>)	North Carolina
	British Columbia	Ontario
	Florida	Saskatchewan
	Idaho (historic)	Texas
	Indiana	Utah
	Iowa	West Virginia
	Kansas

While we we don't have population counts for Peterson, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Peterson).

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

Community	Direction	Distance ^<3>	2008 ^<4> Population	Change Since 2000
Church Hill (TN)	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	6,765	14.35% increase
Kingsport (TN)	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	44,473	0.96% decrease
Mount Carmel (TN)	SE	13 mi [20.92 km]	5,462	13.91% increase
Surgoinsville (TN)	S	18 mi [28.97 km]	1,811	22.04% increase
Appalachia	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,739	5.44% decrease
Big Stone Gap	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	5,662	16.6% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Peterson.

The Commemorative
Quarter for
Virginia ^<5>

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Footnotes

<1>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peterson - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation
<2>	We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Peterson, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation
<3>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Peterson and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<4>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Peterson. - Return to Citation
<5>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation


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