Petersville, Iowa

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Petersville, Iowa
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Petersville, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°58′03″N90°32′01″W / 41.96750°N 90.53361°W / 41.96750; -90.53361 Coordinates: 41°58′03″N90°32′01″W / 41.96750°N 90.53361°W / 41.96750; -90.53361
Country United States
State Iowa
County Clinton
Elevation
755 ft (230 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 563
GNIS feature ID464697 [1]

Petersville is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

History

Petersville was originally called Quigley. [2] The present name honors John Peters and family, pioneer settlers. [2] The town was platted as Petersville in 1902. [3]

A post office was established under the name Quigley in 1883, and renamed Petersville in 1902; this post office closed in 1935. [4] [5]

Petersville's population was 55 in 1925. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Petersville, Iowa
  2. 1 2 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 113.
  3. Wolfe, Patrick B. (1911). Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa. B. F. Bowen. p.  390.
  4. "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Petersville Post Office (historical)
  6. Company, Rand McNally and (1925). Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States,territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions. Rand McNally & Company. p. 190.