Petros (pronounced pee-tross) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States, located on State Route 116. Its population was 583 as of the 2010 census.[5] Petros does have its own post office, with the ZIP code 37845.

Petros, Tennessee
Census-designated place
Main Street
Petros, Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°05′45″N 84°26′33″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Morgan
Area [1]
• Total	3.94 sq mi (10.20 km2)
• Land	3.94 sq mi (10.20 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	1,339 ft (408 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	459
• Density	116.50/sq mi (44.98/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37845[4]
Area code	423
GNIS feature ID	1297261[2]

Petros is historically a coal mining town and is also the home of (the now closed) Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Some of the town and coal mine scenes for the movie October Sky were filmed there. Also home to Petros Joyner school

Demographics

References

External links

• Media related to Petros, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons
• Petros at Curlie
• Photos from TNGenWeb

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