Pittsford, Michigan
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Pittsford, Michigan
|settlement_type = Census-designated place (CDP) & unincorporated community
|image_skyline = Pittsford, Michigan (2022).jpg
|imagesize = 275
|image_caption = Looking south along Pittsford Road
|pushpin_map = Michigan#USA
|pushpin_label = Pittsford
|pushpin_label_position = top
|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan##Location within the United States
|coordinates = {{coord|41|51|43|N|84|28|35|W|region:US-MI|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Michigan
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Hillsdale
|subdivision_type3 = Townships
|subdivision_name3 = Jefferson and Pittsford
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1833
| area_total_sq_mi = 1.91
| area_land_sq_mi = 1.91
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
| area_total_km2 = 4.95
| area_land_km2 = 4.95
| area_water_km2 = 0.00
| area_water_percent =
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = 112.04
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|elevation_m =
|elevation_ft = 1092
|postal_code_type = ZIP code(s)
|postal_code = 49271
|area_code = 517
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 26-64600
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 635063{{GNIS|635063}}
|website =
|footnotes =
|pop_est_as_of =
|pop_est_footnotes =
|population_est =
|population_total = 553
|unit_pref = Imperial
|population_density_sq_mi = 290.14
}}
Pittsford is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Hillsdale County, Michigan. As of the 2020 census the population of the CDP was 553. The community is situated along M-34, straddling the border between Jefferson Township to the west and Pittsford Township to the east.
As an unincorporated community, Pittsford lacks legal autonomy but does have its own post office, which serves the 49271 ZIP Code.{{google maps |url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pittsford,+MI+49271/@41.8548329,-84.5973602,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883d08922d04ab75:0x41baaddb32c28e4f!8m2!3d41.8061259!4d-84.4592701 |title = 49271 ZIP Code map |access-date = December 23, 2022 }}{{cite web|last=UnitedStatesZipCodes.org|url=https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/49271/|title=ZIP Code 49271: Pittsford|date=2021|accessdate=December 23, 2022}}
History
The area was first settled in 1833 when Hiram Kidler moved to the region. Originally known as Locust Corners, the community was renamed Pittsford by Alpheus Pratt, who had moved from Pittsford, New York. A post office under the name Pittsford opened on September 19, 1840. Although the post office was temporarily closed from September 12 to December 3, 1845, it was later relocated to the western part of Pittsford Township and renamed Sparta on January 4, 1846. In turn, the nearby Keene post office was transferred and renamed Pittsford on January 30, 1846. The community later became home to a station along the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.{{cite book |first1=Walter |last1=Romig |title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities |type=Paperback |orig-date= 1973 |date=October 1, 1986 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn = 978-0-8143-1838-6 |location=Detroit, Michigan| page=446}}
In the 2020 census, Pittsford was newly listed as a census-designated place, included for statistical purposes only. Pittsford remains an unincorporated community with no legal autonomy.{{cite web| last= U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/tigerwebmain/Files/tab20/tigerweb_tab20_cdp_mi.html|title=State of Michigan Census Designated Places|date=2020|accessdate=July 9, 2021}}{{GNIS|2806331|Pittsford Census Designated Place}}
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|1.91|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.
The community is served by Pittsford Area Schools, which also serves portions of several adjacent townships.{{cite web|last=Michigan Geographic Framework|url=http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/pdfmaps/CountySchools/SD_BYCO_esize_HILLSDALE%20COUNTY.pdf|title=Hillsdale County School Districts|date=15 November 2013|accessdate=December 23, 2022}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 553
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
}}
Images
File:Pittsford, Michigan post office.jpg|{{center|U.S. Post Office in Pittsford}}
File:Pittsford, MI road signage.jpg|{{center|Signage along eastbound M-34}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.hillsdalehistoricalsociety.org/pittsford-mi Hillsdale County Historical Society] – Pittsford
{{Hillsdale County, Michigan}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Hillsdale County, Michigan
Category:Census-designated places in Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Hillsdale County, Michigan
Category:Unincorporated communities in Michigan