[4] Pennsylvania Route 72 is the borough's Main Street, leading northwest 5 miles (8 km) to Manheim and southeast the same distance to the center of Lancaster.

Pennsylvania Route 722 (State Street) crosses Main Street in the center of town, and leads east 3 miles (5 km) to Neffsville and southwest 1.8 miles (2.9 km) to an interchange with the Pennsylvania Route 283 freeway.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.

Children are served by the following schools within the district: East Petersburg is governed by a seven-person borough council and mayor.

East Petersburg Borough Council members are elected to four-year staggered terms.

It is responsible for establishing policies, enacting by ordinance or resolution laws and regulations to implement approved policies, providing for annual budgets and appropriations of funds for lawful expenditures, appointing members to boards, and commissions established by the borough council.

The mayor is responsible for law enforcement and holds a non-voting membership in the council, but with tie-breaking and veto powers per the Pennsylvania Borough Code.