Pitman is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Eldred Township, Schuylkill County,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, United States. The village center lies on state route 4022 and includes approximately twenty-five residences. A US Post Office is in the village and because the 17964 postal code extends over nearly all of Eldred Township, area residents refer to the entire township as Pitman. Agriculture is the primary industry. Pitman is located in the far eastern end of the

Mahantongo "Mahantongo" is a Lenape word, translated "where we had plenty of meat to eat" or "good hunting grounds." The name is shared by a creek, a valley, and a mountain in central Pennsylvania, and is a common street name in the area. The alternate spel ...

valley where

Mahantango Mountain Mahantango is an alternate spelling of ''Mahantongo'', a Lenape word, translated "where we had plenty of meat to eat" or "good hunting grounds." Mahantango may refer to: *Mahantango Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin, Northumbe ...

and Line Mountain meet.

Little Mahantango Creek Little Mahantango Creek is a tributary of Mahantango Creek in Schuylkill County and Northumberland County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Eldred Township and Upper Mahantongo Township in Schuy ...

, a tributary within the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

basin begins in the vicinity of Pitman and flows westward into

Mahantango Creek Mahantango Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin, Northumberland County, P ...

. The earliest settlements in the vicinity of Pitman were established in around 1800. The village was originally known as Zimmermanstown.”History of Schuylkill County”. W.W. Munsell and Co., 1881

Gallery

File:Post Office, Pitman PA 01.JPG, Post Office. File:St James Lutheran Church, Pitman PA 02.JPG, St. James Lutheran Church.

References

Unincorporated communities in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{SchuylkillCountyPA-geo-stub