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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. We would especially like to find the location of Pittsburg - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Pittsburg, please Contact Us.


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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pittsburg, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1924.

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

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

If Pittsburg still existed, it would have been in the (575) area code.

Communities Also Named Pittsburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Pittsburg: This one is located in Colfax County and the other is located in Sierra County.

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

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

Adding Pittsburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pittsburg post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pittsburg.

The official website for State of New Mexico: www.newmexico.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 Pittsburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of New Mexico's counties, including Colfax, 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 Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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