Pittsburg, Indiana

{{For|the Sullivan County community formerly named Pittsburg|Hymera, Indiana}}

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Pittsburg is an unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Pittsburg was laid out in 1836.{{cite book|last=Odell|first=John Curtis|title=History of Carroll County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QG03AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA87|year=1916|publisher=B.F. Bowen|page=87}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Carroll&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Carroll County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 August 2014}}

It was likely named after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=Ronald L.|title=From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SXB5AAAAMAAJ|date=October 1995|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-32866-3|page=265|quote=...and probably named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.}}

Geography

Pittsburg is located on the west side of the Wabash River across from the town of Delphi. U.S. Route 421/State Road 39 passes through town on Monroe Street.

Image:Pittsburg,_Indiana.png|The corner of Washington and Howard.

Image:Pittsburg_Indiana_marker.png|The town's historical marker.

Image:Pittsburg_Indiana_spring.png|Pittsburg's spring.

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Carroll County, Indiana

Category:Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana

Category:1836 establishments in Indiana

Category:Populated places established in 1836