Pittsburg (also Halbsville) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Fayette County,

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

, United States. Located at (38.8714354, -89.2117374), it lies at an elevation of 531 feet (162 m). It was named after the industrial heritage of

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

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which, coincidentally, has a Fayette County, Pennsylvania as part of its

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External links

Pittsburg, Illinois description at PlaceNames.com
Unincorporated communities in Illinois Unincorporated communities in Fayette County, Illinois {{FayetteCountyIL-geo-stub