Petros ( 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 459 at the 2020 census. Petros has its own post office, with the ZIP code 37845.
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. Famous YouTube channel "Angry Grandma" was born here and lived her younger years here as well.
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- Media related to Petros, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons
- Photos from TNGenWeb
