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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.

We found mention of Pittsburg as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Pierce County, Washington.

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.

Communities Also Named Pittsburg ...

We found 29 communities that share the name Pittsburg.

Within Washington, the name Pittsburg is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • 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
      • Duval County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pittsburg [Duval County].
      • Polk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Pittsburg [Polk County].
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Pittsburg [DeKalb County].
    • 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.<1> 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.<1> 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
      • Wicomico County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Pittsburg [Wicomico County].
    • 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
      • Colfax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Pittsburg [Colfax County].
      • Sierra County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Pittsburg [Sierra County].
    • 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].

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:

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pittsburg - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in  Pierce County ...

Can you help?

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 Pierce County.

American LakeMedia
ArrowheadMenlo Park
 Metreco
BalchMobase
BismarckMurray
Brew Mill 
 Nisqually
Camp MurrayNorth Fort Lewis
Crescent ValleyNorwood
Crocker 
CrossOakbrook
  
Day IslandParadise Inn
DelanoPonder
DerringerPrescott
DoutyProctor
 Puyallup River
Edgewood - North Hill 
EdisonRigney
Elgin 
EvergreenShorewood Beach
 Southgate
FiskSpringfield
Fort SteilacoomStone
 Sunny Bay
Gravel CenterSylvan
Gravelly Lake 
GreendaleTacoma Point
 Tauwax
Key Center 
 Vega
Lake KapowsinVilla Beach
Lake Louise 
Lake ParkWapato
Lakewood CenterWegoe
Long BeachWest Tacoma
 Weston
MarionWeyerhauser
McChord Air Force Base 
McChordYoman Ferry
McNeil Island 

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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.









 

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