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Pitsburg’s post office opened in 1850, and 50% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Pitsburg began

When was Pitsburg founded?

1850

The Pitsburg post office opened in 1850, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 381176 years
Founding year: the first Pitsburg post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pitsburg’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 Pitsburg are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Pitsburg’s homes were built before 1938.
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How Pitsburg came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pitsburg.

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Pitsburg was founded under the name of "Arnettsville" in the 19th century, but it languished: an author writing in 1880 described it as "liv[ing] only in name and story." The community revived over the next several decades; by 1914, the village included a school, a Methodist Episcopal church, multiple businesses, and over two hundred residents.

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By decade

Pitsburg, decade by decade

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Pitsburg post office 453582015Pitsburg post office 45358Pitsburg Trinity ELCA2015Pitsburg Trinity ELCALookout Point Youth Center2015Lookout Point Youth CenterJefferson and Merrie in2015Jefferson and Merrie inMap of Darke County Ohio Highlighting Pitsburg Village2015Map of Darke County Ohio Highlighting Pitsburg VillageMapOHMap-doton-Pitsburg2004OHMap-doton-Pitsburg
Famous people

Famous people close to Pitsburg

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

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Bob SchulAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1937
Clayton MurphyAmerican middle-distance runner · b. 1995
Matt LightAmerican football player · b. 1978
Jena PowellAmerican politician · b. 1993
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Jim Van BebberAmerican film director · b. 1964
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Paul NorrisComic artist · b. 1914

Questions about Pitsburg’s history

What year was Pitsburg founded?

The Pitsburg post office opened in 1850, 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 (6), 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.