Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Pittsfield came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Pittsfield in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pittsfield. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Pittsfield, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pittsfield:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Shell Oil Road Map for Massachusetts (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Pittsfield is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Pittsfield in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Pittsfield for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Pittsfield. See our Misc Page for Pittsfield for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Pittsfield:

Pittsfield was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Michigan Central Railroad Time Tables (July 1912)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Pittsfield: www.pittsfield-ma.org/

The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/