Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes. The city is 21 miles (34 km) south of the commonwealth (state) capital city of Richmond. It sits at the fall line of the Appomattox River, a tributary of the longer, larger James River which flows east to meet the southern mouth of the Chesapeake Bay at the Hampton Roads harbor and the Atlantic Ocean.
Southeast
Petersburg
Chesterfield County, VA
Population
33,261
Walk Score
76 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,082
Median home value
$147,200
Founded
1748
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield · listed 2006
- Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield Historic District at Pamplin Historical Park · listed 2003
- Petersburg National Battlefield · listed 1966
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Commercial and Industrial Historic District · listed 2009
- Commerce Street Industrial Historic District · listed 2008
- Halifax Triangle and Downtown Commercial Historic District
- Halifax Triangle and Downtown Commercial Historic District · listed 2019
- Old Town Historic District
- Walnut Hill Historic District
- Walnut Hill Historic District · listed 2023
Notable landmarks
- Azurest South · listed 1993
- Azurest South
- Burlington · listed 1976
- Five Forks Battlefield · listed 1966
- Mansfield · listed 1976
- Mayfield Cottage · listed 1969
- Wales · listed 1974
- Byrne Street USO Club · listed 2022
- Christ and Grace Episcopal Church · listed 2020
- Jarratt House
- Jarratt House · listed 2023
- South Chappell Street Car Barn · listed 2009
- Virginia Trunk & Bag Company · listed 2009
- William R. McKenney Library · listed 2025
- William R. McKenney Memorial Building
- Church of the Sacred Heart Parish · listed 2012
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