Welcome to Pittsburg ...

So far, we found very little information about Pittsburg. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pittsburg to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pittsburg, please Contact Us.

Pittsburg would have been located within present day Gunnison County<2>.

The location of Pittsburg has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pittsburg, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

When the people of Pittsburg referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Pittsburger<4>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pittsburg is 9,270 feet [2,825 m] above sea level.<5> In other words, the altitude of Pittsburg is 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Pittsburg was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Pittsburg once stood is in the (970) area code.

Communities Also Named Pittsburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 29 communities that are also named Pittsburg - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois (3), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico (2), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pittsburg.

Communities near Pittsburg ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pittsburg.

• Snowmass Village
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snowmass Village
  • Snowmass Village is located in Pitkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,760 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Snowmass Village <6>
• Crested Butte
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crested Butte
  • Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,682 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crested Butte <6>
• Mount Crested Butte
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Crested Butte have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Crested Butte
  • Mount Crested Butte is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
• Marble
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marble have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble
  • Marble is located in Gunnison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 140 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marble <6>
• Irwin ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irwin
  • Irwin is located in Gunnison County
• Crystal ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal
  • Crystal is located in Gunnison County
• Ashcroft ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashcroft
  • Ashcroft is located in Pitkin County
  • Former names for Ashcroft:
  • Castle Forks City
  • Chloride
• Redstone
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redstone
  • Redstone is located in Pitkin County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redstone <6>
• Aspen
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aspen
  • Aspen is located in Pitkin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aspen <6>
• Somerset
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Somerset have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Somerset
  • Somerset is located in Gunnison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Somerset <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pittsburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pittsburg.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pittsburg. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pittsburg.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pittsburg. See our Newspapers Page for Pittsburg.

Adding Pittsburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pittsburg in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pittsburg was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pittsburg.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Gunnison County: www.co.gunnison.co.us/

The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/