Petersburg, Mahoning County, Ohio

Petersburg is a small unincorporated community in southeastern Springfield Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community was founded in the 1790s by German immigrants from Pennsylvania.

Petersburg is located at the intersection of State Routes 170 and 617. It is skirted by Interstate 76, the far eastern end of the Ohio Turnpike.

Petersburg was platted around 1805 by Peter Musser, and named for him.^[1] The post office was originally called Musser's Mill.^[2] The Mussers Mills post office was established in 1807, the name was changed to Petersburgh in 1819, and renamed again Petersburg in 1893.^[3]

The building that was once used as the Petersburg Inn burned to the ground c. 1955 and was believed to have been built c. 1800. A few other significant historical buildings in the community were St. John's Lutheran Church and the Petersburg Presbyterian Church that were founded by early settlers of that area including the following families: Wallace, Musser, Smith and Kneasel.

References

↑ Butler, Joseph Green (1921). History of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, Ohio. American Historical Society. p. 595.
↑ Sanderson, Thomas W. (1907). Twentieth Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning County. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 228.
↑ "Mahoning County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 January 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States

County seat: Youngstown

Cities	Alliance‡ Campbell Canfield Columbiana‡ Salem‡ Struthers Youngstown‡

Villages	Beloit Craig Beach Lowellville New Middletown Poland Sebring Washingtonville‡

Townships	Austintown Beaver Berlin Boardman Canfield Coitsville Ellsworth Goshen Green Jackson Milton Poland Smith Springfield

CDPs	Austintown Boardman Damascus‡ Maple Ridge Mineral Ridge‡

Unincorporated communities	Berlin Center Blanco Calla Coitsville Center East Lewistown Ellsworth Fredericksburg Garfield Greenford Lake Milton Locust Grove New Springfield North Benton North Jackson North Lima Petersburg

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 40°54′45″N 80°31′49″W / 40.91250°N 80.53028°W / 40.91250; -80.53028

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