Pittsburg is a village in

Williamson County, Illinois Williamson County is a county in Southern Illinois. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 67,153. The largest city and county seat is Marion. Williamson County is included in the Carbondale-Marion, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. This ...

. The population was 572 at the 2010 census.

History

Pittsburg was established in 1906 as part of a mining operation developed by coal entrepreneur John Colp (for whom nearby Colp is named). Colp named the village for

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, as he hoped it would achieve that city's prosperity. Many of the streets in the village were likewise named for locations in Pennsylvania, including Scranton Avenue, Lehigh Valley Avenue, Hocking Valley Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue. A post office opened in 1907.Barbara Barr Hubbs,
Pittsburg History
" Williamson County Illinois Historical Society website. Accessed 14 June 2021.

Geography

Pittsburg is located at (37.777805, -88.850327). According to the 2010 census, Pittsburg has a total area of , of which (or 98.57%) is land and (or 1.43%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 575 people, 228 households, and 168 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 246 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.09%

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, 1.22%

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, 0.52% Native American and 0.17%

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of any race were 0.17% of the population. There were 228 households, out of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were

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living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.3% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96. In the village, the population was spread out, with 24.5% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.7 males. The median income for a household in the village was $29,722, and the median income for a family was $35,074. Males had a median income of $29,904 versus $17,212 for females. The

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for the village was $14,186. About 5.2% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the

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, including 24.6% of those under age 18 and 9.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

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