Welcome to Pittsfield ...

Pittsfield is primarily located in Brown County<1>. A portion of Pittsfield extends into Shawano County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pittsfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Pittsfield is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Pittsfield lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Pittsfield: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Pittsfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pittsfield - they are located in Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

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

Websites for Pittsfield ...

Official Website: www.townofpittsfield.org/

Communities near Pittsfield ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pittsfield.

• Green Bay
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• De Pere
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • De Pere is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
• Howard
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Howard is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,346 people
• Ashwaubenon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
• Bellevue
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellevue is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
• Allouez
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Allouez is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
• Suamico
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Suamico is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,064 people
• Hobart
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hobart is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,495 people
• Pulaski
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Pulaski is located in Brown County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
• Wrightstown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Wrightstown is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Pittsfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pittsfield.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pittsfield. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pittsfield.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pittsfield. See our Newspapers Page for Pittsfield.

Adding Pittsfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pittsfield in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Pittsfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pittsfield post office opened in 1892. The Pittsfield post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pittsfield.