Petersburg, Delaware County, Iowa

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Petersburg, Iowa
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Petersburg (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°33′18″N91°12′47″W / 42.55500°N 91.21306°W / 42.55500; -91.21306
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County Delaware County
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Petersburg (formerly, Petersburgh) is an unincorporated community in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. It lies at an elevation of 1112 feet (339 m).

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History

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Petersburg in eastern Delaware County, Iowa, in 1903

The first building, a store, was built in Petersburg in 1873. The post office was established in 1874. [1] Petersburg's population was 76 in 1902. [2]

Saints Peter and Paul parish is a Roman Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The Saints Peter and Paul Church was completed and consecrated in 1906. It was constructed in cut-stone in the Gothic Revival style. The interior contains an intricately carved high altar, dark woods and gold trim. [3]

Education

Petersburg is within the Western Dubuque Community School District. It is zoned to Dyersville Elementary School in Dyersville, [4] Drexler Middle School in Farley, and Western Dubuque High School in Epworth. [5]

The remaining Catholic grade school in the "Spires of Faith" Catholic church network, which operates Catholic churches in the area, is St. Francis Xavier Catholic School in Dyersville, and the secondary school is Beckman Catholic High School. [6]

In 1987, the St. Boniface School (New Vienna) and SS. Peter & Paul School (Petersburg) merged to create Hennessy Catholic School. Beginning in the fall of 2013, the Hennessy Catholic School consolidated all its classes from New Vienna into the Petersburg building, [7] and Archbishop Hennessy closed entirely in 2018. [8]

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References

  1. The History of Delaware County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c. Western Historical Company. 1878. pp.  559.
  2. Cram's Modern Atlas: The New Unrivaled New Census Edition. J. R. Gray & Company. 1902. pp. 203–207.
  3. "Petersburg's Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church". Delaware County. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  4. "Dyersville Elementary Boundary Change Map." Western Dubuque Community School District. Retrieved on July 24, 2018.
  5. "WDHS Boundary map." Western Dubuque Community School District. Retrieved on July 24, 2018.
  6. "Home". St. Francis Xavier Catholic School. Retrieved April 18, 2020. - linked from the Spires of Faith homepage (as of 2020/04/18)--> As per this site Hennessy School had a relationship with Beckman Catholic "School". Hennessy Catholic School. June 6, 2001. Archived from the original on June 6, 2001. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  7. Muilenburg, Matt (February 27, 2013). "Hennessy School consolidation underway". Dyersville Commercial. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
  8. Wong, Allison (September 21, 2017). "Hennessy Catholic School to close at the end of the school year". KCRG-TV . Retrieved April 7, 2020.