Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Pittsburg was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1996. Below: maps from 1962 on and old-book passages.
The Pittsburg post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pittsburg’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Pittsburg.
Pittsburg was laid out in 1836. A post office was established at Pittsburg in 1838, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1915. The name of the post office was officially spelled Pittsburgh until 1894.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passages that mention Pittsburg, cut from the printed page as they were published.
“STATE OF PENNA., ) __ Bedford County. f “Personally appeared before me, Thomas Vickroy, a witness produced on behalf of the City of Pittsburg, aged eighty-five years and upward, who having been first duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say as follows, viz.: I assisted George Wood to lay out the Town of Pittsburg. He requested me to go with him as surveyor, and employed me in that capacity to lay out the Town of Pittsburg, and to divide the proprietary manor into outlots and farms. We
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Gradually the community grew out of the hard times. By 1822 the banks were lending freely and the severe stringency was past. Late in 1819 the banks of Pittsburg, exclusive of the Branch, had on hand in gold $12,451.81, and in silver $18,236.88 (j). In July, 1820, the notes of the Bank of Pittsburg and of the City Bank of Pittsburg (k) were at par in this city, while those of the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, the Pittsburg and Greenburg Turnpike Company and the bills of the city of Pittsburg, were at four per cent, discount. The panic of 1817-21 really left traces of its withering effects until the revival in
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pittsburg. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pittsburg.
Nobody well known was born in Pittsburg itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
The Pittsburg post office opened in 1838, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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