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Pittsburg
Pittsburg may refer to: Places United States Cities, towns, townships and counties *Pittsburg, California * Pittsburg, Florida *Pittsburg, Kansas, Crawford County *Pittsburg, New Hampshire *Pittsburg, Oklahoma *Pittsburg, Texas *Pittsburg County, Oklahoma * Pittsburg Township, Mitchell County, Kansas *Former spelling of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania *South Pittsburg, Tennessee Unincorporated communities, former towns, and other places * Pittsburg, Alabama *Pittsburg Point, Arizona, a village that predates and was absorbed by Lake Havasu City, Arizona * Pittsburg, Arkansas *Bay Point, California, until 1993 named West Pittsburg * Pittsburg, Colorado * Pittsburg, DeKalb County, Georgia * Pittsburg, Walker County, Georgia *Pittsburg, Fayette County, Illinois *Pittsburg, Illinois, in Williamson County *Pittsburg, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Hymera, Indiana, originally named Pittsburg *Pittsburg, Montgomery County, Iowa *Pittsburg, Van Buren County, Iowa *Pittsburg, Kentucky * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Indiana
Pittsburg is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Pittsburg was laid out in 1836. A post office was established at Pittsburg in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915. The name of the post office was officially spelled Pittsburgh until 1894. It was likely named after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Geography Pittsburg is located on the west side of the Wabash River across from the town of Delphi. U.S. Route 421 U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway System, United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highwa .../ State Road 39 passes through town on Monroe Street. Image:Pittsburg,_Indiana.png, The corner of Washington and Howard. Image:Pittsburg_Indiana_marker.png, The town's historical mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, California
Pittsburg (formerly Black Diamond, New York Landing and New York of the Pacific) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is an industrial suburb located on the southern shore of the Suisun Bay in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, and is part of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta area, the Eastern Contra Costa County, California, Contra Costa County area, and the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 76,416 at the 2020 United States census. History Originally settled in 1839 as Rancho Los Méganos, the area of almost 10,000 acres was issued to Californios Jose Antonio Mesa and his brother Jose Miguel under a Mexican Land Grant by then Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado, one of the final land grants issued prior to the formation of California as a state. In 1849, during the California gold rush, Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson (from New York) bought Rancho Los Méganos for speculation, and laid out a town he called "New York of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Kansas
Pittsburg is a city in Crawford County, Kansas, Crawford County, Kansas, United States, located in southeast Kansas near the Missouri state border. It is the most populous city in Crawford County and southeast Kansas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 20,646. It is the home of Pittsburg State University. History On October 23, 1864, a wagon train of refugees had come from Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was escorted by troops from the 6th Regiment Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, 6th Kansas Cavalry under the command of Col. William Campbell. These were local men from Cherokee, Crawford, and Bourbon counties. Their enlistment was over, and they were on their way to Fort Leavenworth to be dismissed from service. They ran into the 1st Indian Brigade led by Maj. Andrew Jackson Piercy near the current Pittsburg Waste Water Treatment Plant. They continued to the north when a small group of wagons broke away in an unsuccessful rush to safety. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma
Pittsburg County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 43,773. Its county seat is McAlester, Oklahoma, McAlester. The county was formed from part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory in 1907. County leaders believed that its coal production compared favorably with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the time of statehood.O'Dell, Larry"Pittsburg County,"''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture'', Oklahoma Historical Society, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2015. Pittsburg County comprises the McAlester, OK Micropolitan Statistical Area, micropolitan statistical area. History The area forming Pittsburg County was part of the Choctaw Nation after the Choctaw tribe was forced to relocate to Indian Territory from its home in the Southeastern United States in the early 1830s. Unlike the State of Oklahoma, whose county boundaries follow the precise north–south, east–west grid provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Illinois
Pittsburg is a village in Williamson County, Illinois. The population was 572 at the 2010 census. History Pittsburg was established in 1906 as part of a mining operation developed by Buford Pusser coal entrepreneur John Carp (for whom nearby Carp is named). Carp named the village for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 June 14, 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 census of 2000, there were 575 people, 228 households, and 168 families residing in the vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitsburg, Ohio
Pitsburg is a village in Monroe Township, Darke County, Ohio, United States. The population was 381 at the 2020 census. History Pitsburg was founded under the name of "Arnettsville" in the 19th century, but it languished: an author writing in 1880 described it as "liv ngonly in name and story." The community revived over the next several decades; by 1914, the village included a school, a Methodist Episcopal church, multiple businesses, and over two hundred residents. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 388 people, 148 households, and 113 families living in the village. The population density was . There were 160 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.7% White, 0.3% Native American, and 1.0% Asian. There were 148 households, of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.2% were marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, North Carolina
Pittsburg, North Carolina, is an unincorporated community in Scotch Irish Township, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 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 .... It is located at with an elevation of . It was first noted in an 1882 map of North Carolina by W.C. Kerr. Moore's Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is located in Pittsburg.Google maps References Geography of Rowan County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in Rowan County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina {{RowanCountyNC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Nevada
Pittsburg, Nevada is a ghost town in Lander County, Nevada. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 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 .... The Post Office operated from 1888 until March 1892 as Pittsburgh, when the name was changed to Pittsburg. The Post Office continued to operate until 1893 and then from 1897 until 1900. References Ghost towns in Lander County, Nevada Unincorporated communities in Nevada {{LanderCountyNV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Nebraska
Pittsburg is a ghost town in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. History Pittsburg was founded in 1873 at a location once thought to be rich in valuable peat, but the town was soon abandoned. The founder might have intended the name to be Peatsburg. A post office spelled Pittsburgh operated between 1873 and 1875. See also * List of ghost towns in Nebraska This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Nebraska. Ghost towns Notes and references {{Lists of ghost towns by U.S. state Ghost towns in Nebraska, Lists of ghost towns in the United States, Nebraska Nebraska geography-related ... References Geography of Seward County, Nebraska {{SewardCountyNE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Missouri
Pittsburg is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri, Hickory County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately ten miles south of Hermitage, Missouri, Hermitage on Route 64 (Missouri), Route 64. The community lies on the shores of Pomme de Terre Lake. The ZIP Code for Pittsburg is 65724. History A post office called Pittsburg has been in operation since 1846. Pittsburg was named for the Pitts family of early settlers. References Unincorporated communities in Hickory County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{HickoryCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburg, Mississippi
Pittsburg is an unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. It was named for the industrial heritage of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o .... It is located at with an elevation of . External links Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Tishomingo County, Mississippi {{TishomingoCountyMS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
