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Pittsburg’s post office opened in 1907, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Pittsburg began

When was Pittsburg founded?

1907

The Pittsburg post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 565119 years
Founding year: the first Pittsburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pittsburg’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pittsburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Pittsburg’s homes were built before 1963.
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How Pittsburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pittsburg.

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Pittsburg was established in 1906 as part of a mining operation developed by Buford Pusser coal entrepreneur John Carp (for whom nearby Carp is named). Carp named the village for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as he hoped it would achieve that city's prosperity. Many of the streets in the village were likewise named for locations in Pennsylvania, including Scranton Avenue, Lehigh Valley Avenue, Hocking Valley Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue. A post office opened in 1907.

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Pittsburg, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Pittsburg

Nobody well known was born in Pittsburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Nick HolonyakAmerican physicist · b. 1928
Tom MurrayAmerican actor · b. 1873
Richard ClaridaAmerican economist · b. 1957
Kenneth J. GrayAmerican politician · b. 1924
Edward E. DenisonAmerican politician · b. 1873
Ray FosseAmerican baseball player · b. 1947

Questions about Pittsburg’s history

What year was Pittsburg founded?

The Pittsburg post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.