Petersburg, Virginia

E201763
city in Virginia independent city

Petersburg, Virginia is an independent city in south-central Virginia known for its strategic importance and extensive trench warfare during the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Petersburg, Virginia canonical 38
Petersburg, Virginia, United States 5
City of Petersburg, Virginia 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city in Virginia ⓘ
independent city ⓘ
adjacentTo Colonial Heights, Virginia ⓘ
Hopewell, Virginia ⓘ
areaCode 804 ⓘ
battlefieldPreservedAs Petersburg National Battlefield ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
demographicCategory majority-Black city (in many recent censuses) ⓘ
distanceFromRichmond about 23 miles south ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn manufacturing ⓘ
railroads ⓘ
tobacco trade ⓘ
foundedAs Peters Point trading post ⓘ
governingBody City of Petersburg government ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation Petersburg National Battlefield ⓘ
hasHigherEducationInstitutionNearby Virginia State University ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Centre Hill Historic District ⓘ
Petersburg Old Town Historic District ⓘ
hasHistoricSite Blandford Cemetery ⓘ
Blandford Church ⓘ
Centre Hill Mansion ⓘ
Pamplin Historical Park (nearby) ⓘ
hasNearbyMilitaryInstallation Fort Gregg-Adams ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War ⓘ
independentOf any Virginia county ⓘ
isCountySeatOf none (independent city not in a county) ⓘ
knownFor American Civil War trench warfare ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
strategic railroad junction during the American Civil War ⓘ
locatedIn Southside Virginia ⓘ
surface form: south-central Virginia
locatedOn Appomattox River ⓘ
militarySignificance key supply and rail center for Confederate capital Richmond ⓘ
namedAfter Peter Jones (colonial merchant) ⓘ
near Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
notableEvent Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Petersburg (1864–1865)
partOf Petersburg metropolitan area ⓘ
Tri-Cities region of Virginia ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 23803 ⓘ
23805 ⓘ
region Piedmont-Atlantic Coastal Plain fall line ⓘ
surface form: Piedmont–Coastal Plain transition zone
servedBy Interstate 85 ⓘ
Interstate 95 ⓘ
U.S. Route 301 ⓘ
U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Petersburg → location → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Moses Malone → placeOfBirth → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petersburg, Virginia, United States
Wyatt Tee Walker → residence → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Joseph Cotten → placeOfBirth → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petersburg, Virginia, United States
Central Virginia → includesCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Interstate 85 → endsIn → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Interstate 85 → servesCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Fort Lee, Virginia, United States → locatedNear → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Chesterfield County → borderedBy → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Chesterfield County, Virginia
Dinwiddie County, Virginia → partOf → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petersburg, Virginia metropolitan area
Dinwiddie County, Virginia → borders → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Mary Jefferson Eppes → residence → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Appomattox River → flowsThrough → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Petersburg, Virginia
Appomattox River → hasNearbyCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Petersburg was a major railroad hub supplying Richmond → refersTo → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
A.P. Hill → deathPlace → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
U.S. Route 301 → servesCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Petersburg High School → locatedIn → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Petersburg High School → city → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Petersburg High School → countrySubdivision → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Petersburg National Battlefield → locatedIn → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg National Battlefield → nearestCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → location → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Fort Gregg-Adams → locatedNear → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Silver Comet → via → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Chester, Virginia, United States → nearbyCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester, Virginia
Second Battle of Petersburg → place → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Battle of the Crater → location → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Battle of White Oak Road → near → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Battle of Hatcher's Run → place → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman → location → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Third Battle of Petersburg → location → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Battle of Dinwiddie Court House → near → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Emporia, Virginia → nearestLargeCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia State University → locatedIn → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Virginia State University → cityServed → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petersburg
Battle of Lewis’s Farm → near → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Carolinian (North Carolina–Virginia segment) → passesThrough → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Cotten → placeOfBirth → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Joseph Cotten
this entity surface form: Petersburg, Virginia, United States
Hopewell, Virginia → nearCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Colonial Heights, Virginia → borders → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: City of Petersburg, Virginia
Richmond metropolitan area → containsCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond metropolitan area → containsIndependentCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Trey Songz → placeOfBirth → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petersburg, Virginia, United States
Trey Songz → grewUpIn → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Petersburg, Virginia, United States
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad → servedCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad → connectedCity → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad → terminus → Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ