Welcome to Pittsburgh ...

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

We've added Pittsburgh to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Pittsburgh - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Pittsburgh, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Pittsburgh , we believe that it would have been located within present day Seward County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pittsburgh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

When the people of Pittsburgh referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Pittsburgher<3>

Time Zone: The area where Pittsburgh was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Pittsburgh still existed, it would have been in the (402) and (531)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Pittsburgh ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Pittsburgh - they are located in California, Kentucky, Nevada, North Dakota and Pennsylvania.

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

Adding Pittsburgh to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pittsburgh in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Pittsburgh was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pittsburgh post office opened in 1873.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pittsburgh.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Seward County: www.connectseward.org/cgov/

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pittsburgh, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Seward, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Pittsburgh refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Pittsburgh may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>	Area code (531) is an overlay for area code (402).
<5>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/