2,564
62%
$62,574
27.4%
America/Chicago
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Petersburg, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Petersburg a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Petersburg Home page. The Petersburg Home page provides as much information as possible on Petersburg. Knowing Petersburg’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Petersburg’s Home page, you will also find Petersburg’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Petersburg has a population of 2564. 49.8% of Petersburg’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.2 are female. 50.5% of Petersburg is married and 62.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $120,445, and the average rent is $669. Household median income in Petersburg is $62,574, and the individual median income is $37,071. Petersburg’s Ethnic is the following: White(95.4%), Multiple(3.8%), Hispanic(1.2%), Asian(0.4%), Black(0.4%).
The town began as a planned community organized by real estate speculators Peter Lukins (for whom the town is named) and George Warburton. Abraham Lincoln worked as the surveyor who first mapped, measured and help to divide lots on the land. Petersburg quickly grew, due to an advantageous placement on the river, becoming the county seat in the 1830s and eventually drawing off the population of New Salem, which was abandoned in 1840.Many of the lush Victorian-era homes built by early wealthy inhabitants still stand on the bluffs of Petersburg.
The town itself takes great pride in these structures, which has even preserved some of the original cobblestone streets to complement the classical architecture. Local legend has it that town's name came about when Peter Lukins and George Warburton, two notorious sots, argued over what to call it. The matter was allegedly settled over a game of cards, which Lukins is credited as winning.
Most versions of the tale claim that Warburton had it in mind to name the village "Georgetown." This story, though often told in the area, has not been historically verified.
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