Pittsburg is an

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, United States. It was named after Newton J. Pitts, the original owner of a small, concrete block country store at the intersection of Tucker-Norcross Road and Chamblee-Tucker Road, now known as the community of Pittsburg. It has a latitude of 33.88056 and a longitude of -84.21944, with an elevation of . It also is on the

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, between the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf Of Mexico. The Divide takes a turn north here, towards Norcross GA.

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Civil War Marker at Pittsburgh
Unincorporated communities in the Atlanta metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state) Unincorporated communities in DeKalb County, Georgia {{DeKalbCountyGA-geo-stub