Do you know of Pittston ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Pittston. 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 Pittston.
Our sources for Pittston (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Pittston other than they indicate that Pittston would be found somewhere in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
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.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Pittston ...
We found three communities that share the name Pittston.
Within Virginia, the name Pittston is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these three communities, .
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Maine
- Kennebec County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Pittston [Kennebec County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Pittston.
- Pennsylvania
- Luzerne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pittston [Luzerne County].
- Maine
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pittston ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pittston:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pittston - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
The FIPS database contains an entry for Pittston.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 51/62904 (Place Name: Pittston)
County: Pittsylvania (FIPS State/County: 51/143)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Pittston) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania County.