Welcome to Pittsfield ...
Pittsfield is primarily located in Brown County<1>. A portion of Pittsfield extends into Shawano County.
The location of Pittsfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Pittsfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.
Pittsfield is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: Pittsfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Websites for Pittsfield ...
Official Website: www.townofpittsfield.org/
Communities Also Named Pittsfield ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pittsfield - they are located in Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pittsfield.
Communities near Pittsfield ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pittsfield.
- Green Bay
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
- Green Bay is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
- De Pere
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
- De Pere is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
- Howard
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Ashwaubenon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
- Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
- Bellevue
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
- Bellevue is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
- Allouez
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
- Allouez is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
- Suamico
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east) - Hobart
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast) - Pulaski
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
- Pulaski is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
- Wrightstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
- Wrightstown is located in Brown County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
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 Pittsfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pittsfield.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pittsfield. 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 Pittsfield.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pittsfield. See our Newspapers Page for Pittsfield.
Adding Pittsfield to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Pittsfield post office opened in 1892.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pittsfield.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Pittsfield: www.townofpittsfield.org/
The official website for Brown County: www.co.brown.wi.us/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pittsfield - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |