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Peterson, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 372
Housing Units (2000): 200
Land area (2000): 0.307807 sq. miles (0.797216 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.307807 sq. miles (0.797216 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62625
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.918490 N, 95.341502 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51047
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Peterson, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 269
Housing Units (2000): 118
Land area (2000): 0.482543 sq. miles (1.249781 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021963 sq. miles (0.056883 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.504506 sq. miles (1.306664 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50596
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 43.787817 N, 91.832103 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 55962
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Peterson

Peterson is a common name, and may refer to:

People
  • Peterson (name)
Fictional characters
  • Lindsay Peterson, character in the television series Queer as Folk
  • Minty Peterson, character in EastEnders
  • Norm Peterson, character on the American TV show Cheers
  • Ray Peterson, character portrayed by Tom Hanks in The 'Burbs
  • Sloane Peterson, character portrayed by Mia Sara in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Penny Peterson, a character in the 2014 computer animated film Mr. Peabody and Sherman
Places
  • Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, USA
  • Peterson, Indiana, USA
  • Peterson, Iowa, USA
  • Peterson, Minnesota, USA
  • Peterson, Utah, USA
Other uses
  • Peterson Electro-Musical Products, a manufacturer of tuners, etc.
  • Peterson's algorithm, computer science
  • Peterson Field Guides
  • Peterson Pipes
  • Peterson Quartet, music
  • USS Peterson, two US Navy ships of that name
Peterson (name)

Peterson is a common English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are an estimated 700 variant spellings of the surname. The form Peterson may also have arisen from Danish Petersen with a change of spelling commonly applied by Danish immigrants to English-speaking countries.

Peterson (company)

Peterson AS is an industrial corporation based in Moss, Norway. Until 2006 it was known as M. Peterson & Søn.

Usage examples of "peterson".

Richard won't let me go under if I'm sick, she thought, but in the morning she felt much better, and when she got to work, there was a message from Betty Peterson on her answering machine.

There were two of them, hiding in the lilac bushes close by the compost heap that Annie Peterson used on her vegetable garden.

As Peterson and the other three walked back, men from another hut came past them with a dead body even skinnier than Jonesy’.

The north side of this airfield is Peterson Air Force Base, and just south of here is Fort Carson.

Sie beide waren sich noch nie vorgestellt worden, doch jetzt erkannte Genelli in ihm den Direktor der CIA wieder, bevor Peterson die Herren miteinander bekannt machen konnte.

As an adult Clare’s favorite food is sushi, particularly sushi from Katsu on Peterson Avenue).

Anne Mairs and Eric Peterson helped sort out details of Kikongo grammar and Congolese life.

Eli Lavon shepherded Peterson into the room and pushed him into a hard, straight-backed chair.

The language had never sounded so sweet to Lavon, though he was quite sure it had the opposite effect on Gerhardt Peterson.

Peterson popped a butter-rum Lifesaver into his mouth, savored it, and then said to Carrera, 'So it's decided.

Peterson finished his cognac and, incredibly, took a roll of butter-rum Lifesavers from his pocket.

Joel Peterson was screaming something about parallel universes while the crowd around him booed.

She had then married a pinch hitter for the Dodgers, a black ballplayer named Curly Peterson, and moved to Los Angeles.

On another TV, he watched CNN replay excerpts from a press conference with White House Press Secretary Chuck Murray at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado.

Occasionally Chelgrin had eaten dinner with the fat man, and Peterson had finished double servings without leaving a solitary crumb or drop of sauce on the tablecloth.