Petros, Tennessee

Petros, Tennessee

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.

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*dmoz|Regional/North_America/United_States/Tennessee/Localities/P/Petros/|Petros
* [http://www.tngenweb.org/morgan/photoalbum/PETROS.html Photos from TNGenWeb]


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