Country United States County Boone ZIP codes 41080 Zip code 41080 Population 620 (2010) | State Kentucky Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) FIPS code 21-60312 Local time Tuesday 12:32 AM | |
Weather 14°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 97% Humidity Area 18.13 km² (16.06 km² Land / 207 ha Water) | ||
Petersburg is a rural unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2010 census Petersburg, along with its surrounding areas that use the 41080 zip code, had a population of 620.
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Map of Petersburg, KY 41080, USA
Petersburg is located at the site of Tanner's Station, an outpost founded before 1790. Tanner's station was the first settlement in Boone County, KY. The Bullittsburg Baptist Church was founded outside the former hamlets of Utzinger and Gainesville/Idewild, east and north of Petersburg, in 1794.
Petersburg, in 1791, was a candidate for the site of the new state's capital, however the Petersburg in contention was a site that no longer exists by name in Woodford County, Kentucky.
Petersburg contains the Creation Museum, operated by the apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis.