In 1855 Peter Haskins laid out a village in the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25, to which he gave the name, Petersburg; suggested it is presumed, by his first name.

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[Source: p. 1080 of History of Crawford and Richland Counties, Wisconsin.]