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Petersburg, West Virginia

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The city of Petersburg is located in Grant County and is the county seat.

Petersburg is 290 feet [88.39 m] above sea level.<1>

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

Communities that are also named Petersburg can be found in:

 AlaskaNew Jersey
 California (historic<2>)New York
 DelawareNorth Carolina
 GeorgiaNorth Dakota
 IllinoisOhio
 Indiana (historic)Oklahoma
 IowaOntario
 KansasOregon
 KentuckyPennsylvania
 MarylandTennessee
 MichiganTexas
 MinnesotaVirginia
 Missouri (historic)Wisconsin
 Nebraska 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Petersburg had a population of 2,423 people<3> (or 21.46% of the total population of Grant County). The population of Petersburg represented 0.13% of the total of West Virginia, making it the state's 54th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Petersburg had a population of 2,774 people. This is an increase of 14.49% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Petersburg.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
20082,774+14.49%+1.95% since 2007
20072,721+12.3%+2.14% since 2006
20062,664+9.95%+1.91% since 2005
20052,614+7.88% 
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20002,423The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Kitzmiller (MD)   N27 mi [43.45 km]2787.95% decrease
 Basye-Bryce Mountain (VA)   SE23 mi [37.01 km]---
 Bayard   NW22 mi [35.41 km]2883.68% decrease
 Davis   NW20 mi [32.19 km]5787.37% decrease
 Franklin   SW26 mi [41.84 km]7891% decrease
 Harman   W21 mi [33.8 km]1232.38% decrease

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


The Commemorative Quarter for West Virginia
The Commemorative
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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning 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.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
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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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Petersburg:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Petersburg? Please visit the Map Page for Petersburg.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Petersburg - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<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 Petersburg, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>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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<4>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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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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