Pittsburg, Kansas

{{See also|History of Kansas}}

On October 23, 1864, a wagon train of refugees had come from Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was escorted by troops from the 6th Kansas Cavalry under the command of Col. William Campbell. These were local men from Cherokee, Crawford, and Bourbon counties. Their enlistment was over, and they were on their way to Fort Leavenworth to be dismissed from service. They ran into the 1st Indian Brigade led by Maj. Andrew Jackson Piercy near the current Pittsburg Waste Water Treatment Plant. They continued to the north when a small group of wagons broke away in an unsuccessful rush to safety. The Confederate troops caught up with them and burned the wagons. The death toll was three Union soldiers and 13 civilian men who had been with the wagon train. It was likely that one of the Confederates had also been killed. A granite marker memorial for the "Cow Creek Skirmish" was placed near the Crawford County Historical Museum on October 30, 2011.[http://www.morningsun.net/topstories/x1535092336/Engraved-memorial-marker-dedicated-to-lives-lost-in-Cow-Creek-skirmish Engraved memorial marker dedicated to lives lost in Cow Creek Skirmish; The Morning Sun; November 1, 2011.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404032348/http://www.morningsun.net/topstories/x1535092336/Engraved-memorial-marker-dedicated-to-lives-lost-in-Cow-Creek-skirmish |date=April 4, 2012 }}

Pittsburg sprang up in the fall of 1876 on a railroad line being built through the neighborhood.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00chic | title=A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Crawford County, Kansas | publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00chic/page/34 34]}} It was named after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5zdAAQAAMAAJ/page/n278 171]}} and maps of the time give the town's name as "New Pittsburgh". George Hobson and Franklin Playter are credited with being the city's founders, establishing a government after its beginnings as a coal mining camp in the 1870s. The city was incorporated in 1879.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n470 480]}} The “New” was dropped upon incorporation of the city as a third class city on June 21, 1880, with M. M. Snow as its first Mayor. In 1892 it was advanced to a city of the second class, in 1905 Pittsburg attained the rank of first class.

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The first dwelling was built by J. T. Roach in July 1876.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pittks.org/index.aspx?nid=362 |title=History of Pittsburg, Official Homepage of the city |access-date=January 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910103253/http://www.pittks.org/index.aspx?NID=362 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }} The first post office in Pittsburg was established in August, 1876. The post office's name was shortened from "New Pittsburgh" to "Pittsburgh" in 1881 and to "Pittsburg" in 1894.{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:CR |title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961, page 2 |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=6 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009175340/http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/page:2/county:CR |archive-date=October 9, 2013 }} The latter renaming came after the United States Board on Geographic Names, in the interest of standardization, recommended that the 'h' be dropped from place names ending in "burgh".{{cite book|title=First Report of the United States Board on Geographic Names. 1890–1891|url=https://archive.org/details/firstreportofunit00unitrich|access-date=15 August 2018|year=1892|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|location=Washington, DC|page=[https://archive.org/details/firstreportofunit00unitrich/page/8 8]}}

Pittsburg is the home to Pittsburg State University, founded in 1903 as a normal training institution. Through the years the college became more diversified in its aims and goals, so that it became a multi-purpose institution. It has always had a strong manual and industrial arts program and has trained many of the area's public and private school teachers.

In 1879, two miners from Joplin began the first commercial attempts at mining in close proximity of Broadway Street. A relic of the city's coal mining days was the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Company, founded in 1885, and one of the oldest continuously running coal companies in the United States (even though its headquarters moved several years ago to Denver, Colorado after the Kansas mines closed). In September 2007, Chevron which owned the company, merged it with its Molycorp Inc. coal mining division to form Chevron Mining, thus ending the Pittsburg corporate name.[http://tampabay.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/11/19/story7.html?jst=s_cn_hl Chevron executive bullish on growth of coal industry – Denver Business Journal – November 16, 2007] Midway referred to a coal camp in eastern Crawford County, Kansas that was "midway" between Baxter Springs, Kansas and Fort Scott, Kansas.[http://www.kshs.org/publicat/khq/1972/72_2_powell.htm Former Mining Communities of the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Field of Southeastern Kansas – Kansas Historical Quarterly – Summer 1972] Kenneth A. Spencer, whose father was among the founders of the company was to play an important role in Kansas and Missouri philanthropy.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Pittsburg was also the most heavily unionized city in Kansas at the beginning of the 20th century.Randy Roberts, Janette Mauk: Pittsburgh, Introduction, p. 9., 2009, {{ISBN|9780738561165}} In addition to some coal mining, the economic base of the city now rests on industry.

The city has a rich cultural heritage from many Southern and Eastern European mine workers who settled in and around Pittsburg and Southeastern Kansas. It is situated in a once productive coal field. It now relies heavily on education and government-related employment.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|12.90|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|12.80|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.10|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2012-07-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 12, 2012|df=mdy-all}} Pittsburg sits in the Ozark Highlands region, a mix of prairie and forests.

It lies {{convert|90|mi}} west of Springfield, Missouri, {{convert|124|mi}} south of Kansas City, Missouri, and {{convert|137|mi}} northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Pittsburg has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) bordering on a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa). Summers are hot and humid, with as many as 73 mornings per year staying above {{convert|68|F|disp=or}} and eight mornings remaining above {{convert|77|F|disp=or}} – indeed in July 2012 the temperature did not fall below {{convert|69|F|C|1|disp=or}}.{{cite web |url= https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=sgf |title= NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date= August 2, 2021}}

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The 2020 United States census counted 20,646 people, 8,268 households, and 4,123 families in Pittsburg.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: HOUSEHOLD TYPE |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}} The population density was 1,578.9 per square mile (609.6/km{{sup|2}}). There were 9,650 housing units at an average density of 738.0 per square mile (284.9/km{{sup|2}}).{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table DP1: PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20dp1 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2020/geo/gazetter-file.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Census.gov}} The racial makeup was 77.27% (15,954) white or European American (74.95% non-Hispanic white), 3.74% (773) black or African-American, 1.07% (221) Native American or Alaska Native, 1.78% (367) Asian, 0.76% (156) Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, 5.38% (1,110) from other races, and 10.0% (2,065) from two or more races.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P1: RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20p1&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}} Hispanic or Latino of any race was 10.53% (2,174) of the population.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table P2: HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE |url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P2?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20p2&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}

Of the 8,268 households, 27.1% had children under the age of 18; 31.1% were married couples living together; 32.9% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. 36.4% of households consisted of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.3 and the average family size was 3.0.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1101: HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1101?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20s1101%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}} The percent of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher was estimated to be 17.3% of the population.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1501?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20s1501%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}

21.9% of the population was under the age of 18, 23.9% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 17.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older, there were 103.3 males.

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that the median household income was $34,353 (with a margin of error of +/- $3,233) and the median family income was $45,946 (+/- $5,025).{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1903: MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1903?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20s1903%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}} Males had a median income of $20,107 (+/- $2,989) versus $17,708 (+/- $3,426) for females. The median income for those above 16 years old was $19,176 (+/- $2,042).{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S2001: EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2020 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S2001?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20s2001%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}} Approximately, 18.6% of families and 27.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.9% of those under the age of 18 and 8.8% of those ages 65 or over.{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1701: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1701?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20s1701%20&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}{{Cite web |title=US Census Bureau, Table S1702: POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS OF FAMILIES |url=https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST5Y2020.S1702?q=Pittsburg%20city,%20Kansas%20s1702&y=2020 |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=data.census.gov}}

The median value of owner-occupied housing units was $86,800. The percent of persons age 25 years or older with a high school diploma was 90.8%.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

As of the census of 2010, there were 20,233 people, 8,142 households, and 4,087 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1580.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 9,210 housing units at an average density of {{convert|719.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 87.1% White, 3.3% African American, 0.9% Native American, 2.0% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 3.0% from other races, and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.7% of the population.

There were 8,142 households out of which 24.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 49.8% were non-families. 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.31 and the average family size was 2.97.

The median age in the city was 26.2 years. 20.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 27% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.3% were from 25 to 44; 17.3% were from 45 to 64; and 11.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.9% male and 50.1% female.

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Little Balkans Days is a three-day festival celebrating the community's European ethnic heritage, held on the Labor Day weekend. It features games, entertainment, competitions, and arts and crafts.{{cite web |title= Little Balkans Days History|url=http://littlebalkansfestival.com/history/ |website=littlebalkansfestival.com |access-date=2018-12-15}} The Pittsburg Art Walk takes features vendors, artists, and musicians; it occurs multiple times per year on Broadway Street in Pittsburg's downtown district.{{Cite web|last=ArtWalk|first=Pittsburg|title=Promoting Fine Arts in Pittsburg|url=https://pittsburgartwalk.com/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Pittsburg ArtWalk|language=en-US}}

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• The Bicknell Family Center for the Arts houses multiple performance halls.
• Memorial Auditorium opened in 1925, and features Egyptian Revival Style architecture. It hosts concerts and performances.
• Pittsburg Aquatic Center is a community swimming pool.
• Carnie Smith Stadium is a Classical Revival style stadium opened in 1924, and is Pittsburg State University’s home football field and outdoor track facility.
• Jaycee Ballpark.
• Veteran's Memorial features a 250-seat amphitheater, a Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Wall replica, a reflecting pool, and plaza with over 2,000 engraved paving stones.
• Robert W. Plaster Center is a track-and-field facility.
• Block 22 is a commercial district.
• Crawford County Historical Museum and Green Elm School.
• Miners' Memorial and Immigrant Park.
• Kansas Crossing Casino

• Pittsburg Public Library
• Leonard H. Axe Library at Pittsburg State University

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Pittsburg hosts a multitude of [https://www.pittks.org/community/city-parks/ parks] inside its city limits

• 23rd Street Bike Park - single track mountain biking park, a skills area, pump track, and dirt jump area
• Countryside Park - playground and pavilion
• Deramus Park - basketball court, playground, small sports field
• Europe Park - unique water features and a seating area
• Kiwanis Park - playground and pavilion
• Lakeside Park - lake, accessible fishing dock and parking area, playground, two pavilions, tennis courts
• Lincoln Park - J.J. Richards Band Dome, Kiddieland Amusement Park, Pittsburg Aquatic Center, Don Gutteridge Sports Complex, two bocce courts, nine-hole disc, golf course, fishing, playground, restrooms, and three pavilions
• Paul B. Leffler Rotary Park - basketball court, grill, playground, and a small sports fields
• Schlanger Park - Katherine's playground (ADA accessible), Ronald O. Thomas Dog Park, basketball court, pickleball court, sensory garden, two pavilions, skate park, sand volleyball, 18-hole disc golf course, and a splashpad
• Sunflower Kiwanis Park - playground and pavilion
• Trail Head Park/Watco Trail - pergola, benches, 1.5-mile paved walking and biking trail
• Wilderness Park - four miles of trail and four pits for fishing. (Most of the trail is ADA accessible)

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Pittsburg is a charter city of the first class with a commission/manager form of government. The City Manager oversees all City operations and is responsible for all City departments and employees.

City Hall is located at 201 West 4th Street. Offices are open from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, but are closed on most holidays.

The responsibilities of the City Commission are to pass ordinances and resolutions, establish policies for the city, approve the annual budget, appoint members of citizen advisory boards and committees, and appoint the City Manager.

Elections for the City Commission are held every other year. In each election, three seats are vacant on the City Commission. The two candidates acquiring the most votes receive four-year terms, while the candidate obtaining the third most votes secures a two-year term. The City Commission annually elects the Mayor and President of the Board. The Mayor, who has the same authority as the other commissioners, presides over the commission meetings, provides the official signature on documents, represents the City at official and ceremonial functions and presents the annual State of the City address. In the absence of the Mayor, the President of the Board fulfills the duties of the Mayor.[http://www.lkm.org/directory/cities.php?ID=141 Pittsburg - Directory of Public Officials][http://www.pittks.org/index.aspx?NID=88 Pittsburg - Government]

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The city is served by Pittsburg USD 250 public school district, which operates the following schools:

• Pittsburg High School
• Pittsburg Community Middle School
• George Nettels Elementary School
• Lakeside Elementary School
• Meadowlark Elementary School
• Westside Elementary School

• St. Mary's-Colgan High School, Parochial Catholic School
• [http://www.ccswarriors.org Countryside Christian School], Private Christian School (K-8)
• Covenant Harvest, Christian School

• Pittsburg State University
• Fort Scott Community College, School of cosmetology
• Labette Community College, Cherokee Center

{{main|Media in Pittsburg, Kansas}}

The Pittsburg Morning Sun is the main newspaper in the city, published five days a week.(24 March 2017). [http://www.morningsun.net/news/20170324/morning-sun-to-move-to-five-day-schedule Morning Sun to move to five day schedule], Morning Sun{{cite web | title=Record Details - Pittsburg Morning Sun | publisher=Kansas Press Association | url=http://kspress.com/viewRecord.php?recid=366 | access-date=2013-08-15}} In addition, Pittsburg State University publishes a weekly student newspaper, the Collegio.{{cite web | title=PSU Collegio | publisher=Mondo Times | url=http://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/16/939/2419 | access-date=2011-12-17}}

Pittsburg is a center of broadcast media for southeastern Kansas. Two AM and five FM radio stations are licensed to and/or broadcast from the city, and it is the second principal city of the Joplin-Pittsburg television market.{{cite web | title=Radio Stations in Pittsburg, Kansas | publisher=Radio-Locator | url=http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/locate?select=city&city=Pittsburg&state=KS&x=0&y=0 | access-date=2011-12-17}}{{cite web | title=Joplin-Pittsburg TV Market | publisher=EchoStar Knowledge Base | url=http://dishuser.org/TVMarkets/City%20Maps/Joplin.gif | access-date=2011-12-17}} The market's CBS and Fox network affiliates both broadcast from the city along with an independent station.{{cite web | title=Stations for Joplin, Missouri | publisher=RabbitEars.Info | url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_market&mktid=178 | access-date=2011-12-17}}{{cite web | title=TVQ TV Database Query | publisher=Federal Communications Commission | url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html | access-date=2011-12-17 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508022231/http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/audio/tvq.html | archive-date=May 8, 2009 | df=mdy-all }}{{cite web | title=AMGTV Affiliates | publisher=AMGTV | url=http://www.amgtv.tv/html/amgtv_affiliates_7.7.2011.pdf | access-date=2011-12-17}}

Bus service is provided by Pittsburg Area Community Transit and Gus Bus.

Atkinson Municipal Airport provides general aviation.

Via Christi Hospital serves the area.

{{main|List of people from Pittsburg, Kansas}}

{{See also|Pittsburg State University#Notable people|l1=List of Pittsburg State University people}}

In late 2012, NBC news anchor Brian Williams, who started his career in Pittsburg as a journalist at KOAM-TV, covered the local story of a fried chicken war between Chicken Annie's and Chicken Mary's on the Travel Channel.[http://www.travelchannel.com/video/brian-williams-covers-fried-chicken-feud-12110 Brian Williams covers Fried Chicken feud] The competition began in 1941 when Chicken Mary's opened across the street from Chicken Annie's (founded 1934). The friendly rivalry continues, with members of each restaurant's founding family, who married, running a third restaurant.{{Cite news|last=Meyer |first=Diana Lambdin |date=30 April 2020 |title=America's 'fried chicken war' |newspaper=BBC News |url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200429-americas-fried-chicken-war }}

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• [https://www.pittks.org/ City of Pittsburg]
• [https://www.lkm.org/members/Default.asp?id=41260973 Pittsburg - Directory of Public Officials]
• {{Cite Collier's|wstitle=Pittsburg|short=x}}
• {{Cite NSRW|wstitle=Pittsburg, Kans.|short=x}}
• {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Pittsburg (Kansas)|display=Pittsburg. A city in Crawford County, Kan.|short=x}}

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Category:Cities in Kansas

Category:Cities in Crawford County, Kansas

Category:Micropolitan areas of Kansas

Category:Populated places established in 1876

Category:1876 establishments in Kansas