Do you know of Pittsburg ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Pittsburg. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Pittsburg.<1>
Our sources for Pittsburg (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Pittsburg other than they indicate that Pittsburg would be found somewhere in Walker County, Georgia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1900 and closed in 1946.
Communities Also Named Pittsburg ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Pittsburg.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Pittsburg.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- DeKalb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pittsburg [DeKalb County].
- DeKalb County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Pittsburg [Lawrence County].
- California
- Contra Costa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Pittsburg [Contra Costa County].
- Colorado
- Gunnison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pittsburg [Gunnison County].
- Florida
- Illinois
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pittsburg [Fayette County].
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pittsburg [Saint Clair County].
- Williamson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pittsburg [Williamson County].
- Indiana
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Pittsburg [Carroll County].
- Iowa
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Pittsburg [Van Buren County].
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pittsburg [Crawford County].
- Doniphan County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pittsburg [Doniphan County].
- Lyon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pittsburg [Lyon County].
- Pottawatomie County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Pittsburg [Pottawatomie County].
- Kentucky
- Laurel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Pittsburg [Laurel County].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Shiawassee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pittsburg [Shiawassee County].
- Missouri
- Hickory County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pittsburg [Hickory County].
- Nevada
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Pittsburg [Clark County].
- New Hampshire
- Coos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Pittsburg [Coos County].
- New Mexico
- North Carolina
- Rowan County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Pittsburg [Rowan County].
- Oklahoma
- Pittsburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Pittsburg [Pittsburg County].
- Oregon
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Pittsburg [Columbia County].
- South Carolina
- Greenwood County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Pittsburg [Greenwood County].
- Texas
- Camp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pittsburg [Camp County].
- Utah
- Piute County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Pittsburg [Piute County].
- Washington
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pittsburg ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pittsburg:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Walker County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Walker County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Pittsburg could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |