Petersville, Iowa

Petersville is an unincorporated community in Clinton County, in the U.S. state of Iowa.^[1]

History

Petersville was originally called Quigley.^[2] The present name honors John Peters and family, pioneer settlers.^[2] The town was platted as Petersville in 1902.^[3]

A post office was established under the name Quigley in 1883, and renamed Petersville in 1902; this post office closed in 1935.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Petersville, Iowa
↑ 2.0 2.1 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 113.
↑ Wolfe, Patrick B. (1911). Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa. B. F. Bowen. p. 390.
↑ "Clinton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Petersville Post Office (historical)

Municipalities and communities of Clinton County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Clinton

Cities	Andover Calamus Camanche Charlotte Clinton DeWitt Delmar Goose Lake Grand Mound Lost Nation Low Moor Maquoketa‡ Toronto Welton Wheatland

Townships	Bloomfield Brookfield Camanche Center De Witt Deep Creek Eden Elk River Grant Hampshire Liberty Olive Orange Sharon Spring Rock Washington Waterford Welton

Unincorporated communities	Almont Bryant Elvira Elwood Folletts Malone Petersville Teeds Grove

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°58′03″N 90°32′01″W / 41.96750°N 90.53361°W / 41.96750; -90.53361