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Categories: Morgan County, Tennessee > Unincorporated communities in Tennessee > Mining communities in Tennessee

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Petros and Big Brushy Mountain, looking south from Frozen Head

Petros, (pronounced pee-tross) is an unincorporated town in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States, located on State Route 116.

Petros is historically a coal mining town and is also the home of Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. Some of the town and coal mine scenes for the movie October Sky were filmed there.

External links

Petros at the Open Directory Project
Photos from TNGenWeb

Municipalities and communities of Morgan County, Tennessee

County seat: Wartburg

Cities	Harriman‡ \| Sunbright \| Wartburg

Towns	Oakdale \| Oliver Springs‡

Unincorporated communities	Coalfield \| Deer Lodge \| Joyner \| Lancing \| Petros \| Rugby

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties