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Petros, TN

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Population
352
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Elevation
1,340 ft
Median Home Value
$167,100
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024

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OverallBest places in TennesseePopulation rankingHighest population places in TennesseeNearest larger communityPowell, Tennessee24 miles away · 13,739 residents.

About Petros

Petros is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States, located on State Route 116. The 2020 census counted 459 residents. Petros is historically a coal mining town and is the site of the Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary tourist attraction opened in 2018 on the site of the former prison. Some of the town and coal mine scenes for the movie October Sky were filmed there. The short version is that Petros carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Petros: its past remains attached to the places people use now.

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