Place:Petros, Morgan, Tennessee, United States

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NamePetros
Alt namesJoynersvillesource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS47036426
Richburgsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS47036426
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates36.083°N 84.433°W
Located inMorgan, Tennessee, United States
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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.[1] Petros does have its own post office, with the ZIP code 37845.

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

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