Petersburg Pennsylvania Map

About Petersburg, Pennsylvania

Petersburg is a locality in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a small community with a population of 419. The population density is 485.8 people per km². Petersburg is located at 40.5726°N, 78.0506°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Petersburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 16130, 17356, 16669.

Petersburg occupies a sheltered basin where the persistent flow of Beaver Creek carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain of the interior. It lies 9.0 miles east-southeast of York, PA (from York, PA: bearing 118°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south-southwest of Columbia. The landscape surrounding Petersburg is defined by a rhythmic succession of ridges that stretch toward the distant silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, visible only when the atmosphere thins under a crisp, autumn sky. Three miles to the east, the quiet surface of Red Lion Reservoir catches the pale, slanted light of late afternoon, mirroring the encroaching shadows of the woodland. The air here carries a distinct weight, a mixture of damp earth and cooling stone that settles over the valley floor as the sun dips below the horizon, sharpening the edges of the fields and darkening the timbered slopes.

History lingers in the stone foundations of the older structures near the Windsor Borough Old Jailhouse, a silent reminder of the administrative reach that once organized the life of the valley. Petersburg maintains a steady, deliberate pace of existence, its economy rooted in the modest but enduring labor of the land and the quiet trade that follows the passage of the creek. Residents observe the seasons with a practicality born of long cycles of planting and harvest, their lives punctuated by the occasional excursion toward the Camp Echo Trail or the seasonal shifts in the Dunkard Valley. The character of the place is built upon these small, persistent habits, a quiet consistency that remains largely undisturbed by the rapid currents of the wider world, favoring instead the slow, grounded reality of the plateau.

About This Petersburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petersburg, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40.572598, -78.050615. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Petersburg includes the ZIP code (16130, 17356, 16669), telephone area code (215, 223, 267, 272, 412, 445, 484, 570, 582, 610, 717, 724, 814, 835, 878), county seat of York County (York), and school district assignment (Juniata Valley School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.