Pittsburg

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proper noun

former spelling of Pittsburgh

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalformer spelling of PittsburghFirst known use official until 1911

    I never see a shivering, white-faced wretch in the prisoners’ dock that I do not hark back with shuddering horror to the strange events on the Pullman car Ontario, between Washington and Pittsburg, on the night of September ninth, last.

    1909, Mary Roberts Rinehart, “I Go to Pittsburg”, in The Man in Lower Ten, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 1
  2. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
    2. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Arkansas.
    3. A city in Contra Costa County, California.
    4. A ghost town in Gunnison County, Colorado.
    5. A town in Polk County, Florida.
    6. An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Georgia.
    7. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
    8. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Illinois.
    9. A village in Williamson County, Illinois.
    10. An unincorporated community in Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County, Indiana.
    11. An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Iowa.
    12. A city in Crawford County, Kansas.
    13. A township in Mitchell County, Kansas.
    14. An unincorporated community and coal town in Laurel County, Kentucky.
    15. An unincorporated community in Bennington Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan.
    16. An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
    17. An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
    18. A ghost town in Seward County, Nebraska.
    19. A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
    20. A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
    21. An unincorporated community in Scotch Irish Township, Rowan County, North Carolina.
    22. A village in Monroe Township, Darke County, Ohio.
    23. A town in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.
    24. An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon.
    25. An unincorporated community in Greenwood County, South Carolina.
    26. A city, the county seat of Camp County, Texas.
Cite this entry
APA

Pittsburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pittsburg

MLA

“Pittsburg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pittsburg. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pittsburg,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pittsburg.

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