 petersburg is a city in hale county, texas, united states. ==history== thumb|260px|concrete grain elevator with school mascot (buffalo) at top petersburg was founded in 1891 as a post office in southwestern floyd county. it was named for zack peters and his wife, margaret, who was the first postmistress. in 1902, ed m. white established a store at the site of the present community and moved the post office five miles southwest into hale county. although the town site was platted in 1909, its population remained below 100 until the fort worth and denver railway was built through town in 1928. wheat and milo were the main crops in the area until cotton was first planted in 1905. the town was incorporated with a population of 200 in 1927. petersburg grew as a farming and rail shipment center and by 1949, it had twenty-two businesses and 500 people. by 1980 the population had grown to 1,633; businesses included the wylie manufacturing company, the hughes trucking company, and a weekly newspaper, the p
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