Country United States County Morgan ZIP code 37845 Elevation 413 m Local time Wednesday 10:00 AM Area code 423 | State Tennessee Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1297261 Area 10.2 km² Population 583 (2010) | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind E at 3 km/h, 76% Humidity | ||
Petros, (pronounced pee-tross) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States, located on State Route 116. Its population was 583 as of the 2010 census.
Map of Petros, TN, USA
Petros is historically a coal mining town and is also the home of (the now closed) Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Some of the town and coal mine scenes for the movie October Sky were filmed there.
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Petros, Tennessee Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA