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Petros

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Home of Brushy Mtn State Pen

Petros is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States, located on State Route 116. Its population was 583 as of the 2010 census. Petros is historically a coal mining town and is also the home of Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary.

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Historic Brushy Mtn. State Pen

The damnation of many an evil man, the salvation of a humble few.

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