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Petersburg city, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
51historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
33,458pop. 2020
4cemeteries
22CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 51 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Petersburg (Independent City), Petersburg.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Petersburg city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

27 of 51 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

51 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Appomattox Iron WorksPetersburg (Independent City)Building1976
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and Industrial Historic DistrictPetersburgDistrict2009
BatterseaPetersburg (Independent City)Building1969
Blandford CemeteryPetersburg (Independent City)Site1992
Blandford ChurchPetersburg (Independent City)Building1972
Bolling, Anna P., Junior High SchoolPetersburg (Independent City)Building1998
Byrne Street USO ClubPetersburgBuilding2022
Centre HillPetersburg (Independent City)Building1972
Centre Hill Historic DistrictPetersburg (Independent City)District1986
Christ and Grace Episcopal ChurchPetersburgBuilding2020
City MarketPetersburg (Independent City)Building1969
Cohen HousePetersburg (Independent City)Building2007
Commerce Street Industrial Historic DistrictPetersburgDistrict2008
Exchange Building NHLPetersburg (Independent City)Building1969
Farmers' BankPetersburg (Independent City)Building1972
Folly Castle Historic DistrictPetersburg (Independent City)District1980
Folly Castle Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Petersburg (Independent City)District2000
Folly Castle Historic District (Boundary Increase)Petersburg (Independent City)District1992
Friend, Nathaniel, HousePetersburg (Independent City)Building1976
Halifax Triangle and Downtown Commercial Historic DistrictPetersburgDistrict2019
Jarratt HousePetersburgBuilding2023
Lee Memorial ParkPetersburg (Independent City)District2000
McIlwaine HousePetersburg (Independent City)Building1973
McKenney, William, HousePetersburg (Independent City)Building1990
North Battersea-Pride's Field Historic DistrictPetersburg (Independent City)District2005
Peabody Building of the Peabody-Williams SchoolPetersburg (Independent City)Building2000
People's Memorial CemeteryPetersburg (Independent City)Site2008
Petersburg City HallPetersburg (Independent City)Building1978
Petersburg CourthousePetersburg (Independent City)Building1973
Petersburg Courthouse Historic DistrictPetersburg (Independent City)District1990
Petersburg Gas CompanyPetersburgBuilding2026
Petersburg Old Town Historic District (Additional Documentation)Petersburg (Independent City)District1980
Petersburg Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Petersburg (Independent City)District2012
Petersburg Old Town Historic District (Boundary Increase)Petersburg (Independent City)District2008
Petersburg Trailways Bus StationPetersburg (Independent City)Building2015
Pocahontas Island Historic DistrictPetersburg (Independent City)District2006
Poplar Lawn Historic DistrictPetersburg (Independent City)District1980
Poplar Lawn Historic District (Boundary Increase)Petersburg (Independent City)District2006
Saint Paul's ChurchPetersburg (Independent City)Building1986
Second Presbyterian ChurchPetersburg (Independent City)Building1991
South Chappell Street Car BarnPetersburgBuilding2009
South Market Street Historic DistrictPetersburg (Independent City)District1992
Stewart-Hinton HousePetersburg (Independent City)Building2004
Strawberry HillPetersburg (Independent City)Building1974
Sutherland HousePetersburg (Independent City)Building2011
Tabb Street Prebyterian ChurchPetersburg (Independent City)Building1979
Virginia Trunk & Bag CompanyPetersburgBuilding2009
Wallace, Thomas, HousePetersburg (Independent City)Building1975
Walnut Hill Historic DistrictPetersburgDistrict2023
Washington Street Methodist ChurchPetersburg (Independent City)Building1980
William R. McKenney LibraryPetersburgBuilding2025

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Petersburg (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Petersburg made an independent city from both DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Petersburg city population from 1890 to 2020 (Census historical series).

41k31k22k18901920196020002020
189019001920194019501960198020002020
22,68021,81031,01230,63135,05436,75041,05533,74033,458

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Petersburg National BattlefieldNational Battlefield2.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

4 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Blandford Cemetery37.2257-77.38331
Brith Achim Cemetery37.22262-77.38359
Peoples Memorial Cemetery37.22533-77.38845
Rod of Sholom Cemetery37.22283-77.38297

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Petersburg1,3271.2 kmVA098
Crater1,3352.2 kmVA070
Fort Stedman2,8483.0 kmVA084
Jerusalem Plank Road1,2703.1 kmVA065
Petersburg9,4203.2 kmVA089
Globe Tavern1,4544.1 kmVA072
Peebles' Farm2,6287.7 kmVA074
Swift Creek3,3818.7 kmVA050
Hatcher'S Run5,84612.0 kmVA083
Port Walthall Junction84612.2 kmVA047
Ream'S Station2,62912.6 kmVA068
Boydton Plank Road2,71413.1 kmVA079
Ream'S Station5,57413.2 kmVA073
Ware Bottom Church4,58314.0 kmVA054
White Oak Road4,54714.3 kmVA087
Sutherland'S Station56914.6 kmVA090
Lewis'S Farm1,01615.6 kmVA085
Chester Station1,30116.9 kmVA051
Five Forks2,11821.6 kmVA088
Dinwiddie Court House4,83721.7 kmVA086
Sappony Church85229.4 kmVA067
Namozine Church26730.5 kmVA124

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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