Petersburg

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Petersburg

Total population

397

Median home value

$152,300

29.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$87,625

Petersburg$88k

National$74k

Elevation578 m

Land area0.97 km²

Weather60°F · Areas Of Fog

Coordinates41.85°, -98.08°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Petersburg is a village in Boone County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 332 at the 2020 census. Petersburg is the site of a memorial to Logan Fontenelle, an Omaha chief who was killed nearby, in a skirmish with Brulé and Arapaho in 1855, at the site of the present-day Olson Nature Preserve.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Petersburg, NE from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Nebraska

• Raeville
  3.2 mi away
• Albion
  12.3 mi away · pop. 1,822
• Newman Grove
  17.3 mi away · pop. 885
• Primrose
  17.8 mi away · pop. 60
• Neligh
  19.2 mi away
• Lindsay
  22.6 mi away · pop. 313
• Belgrade
  26.5 mi away · pop. 224
• Battle Creek
  26.7 mi away · pop. 1,456
• Ewing
  31.1 mi away · pop. 372
• Ericson
  31.2 mi away · pop. 157
• Greeley Center
  31.3 mi away · pop. 417
• Madison
  32.2 mi away · pop. 2,079

Browse all places in Nebraska →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Petersburg

The History of Petersburg, Nebraska, 1887-1987

1987

Urban atlas, tract data for standard metropolitan statistical areas

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1974

1980 census of housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1983

1990 census of population and housing

United States. Bureau of the Census · 1992

Tolstoy the man

Edward Alfred Steiner · 1904

Spring 1865

Perry D. Jamieson · 2015

Ambushes and apologies

James Magorian · 1970

The Oxford Atlas of the Civil War

Steven E. Woodworth · 2004

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Potato Creek, Jackson, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 235 mi
• Wildfire Needles, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 237 mi
• Wildfire Rancher fire, Oglala Lakota, South Dakota
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 239 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

chicory

Cichorium intybus

Seen 2026-09-13

Plains Garter Snake

Thamnophis radix

Seen 2026-06-10

dune stinkhorn

Phallus hadriani

Seen 2025-08-23

Meal moth

Pyralis farinalis

Seen 2025-08-13

chokecherry

Prunus virginiana

Seen 2025-07-13

upright prairie coneflower

Ratibida columnifera

Seen 2025-07-13

hoary vervain

Verbena stricta

Seen 2025-07-13

common milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Seen 2025-07-13

Western Snowberry

Symphoricarpos occidentalis

Seen 2025-07-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).