Petersburg, Illinois

Petersburg is a city in Menard County, Illinois, on the bluffs and part of the floodplain overlooking the Sangamon River. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,299 at the 2000 census, and 2,185 at a 2009 estimate. It is the county seat of Menard County. Petersburg is located approximately two miles north of New Salem, the original settlement where Abraham Lincoln first settled when he came to Illinois.
==Arenas and venues==
*Petersburg Fire Station
==Events==
*PGP Emergency Response - November 30, 2013.
*PGP Emergency Response 2014 - November 22, 2014.
==External links==
* on Wikipedia
Category:American towns