Pittsburgh, Delaware County, Indiana

Township: Union

Location:
Coordinates: 40° 20' 57.05" N - 85° 25' 34.77" W S1,

On the Eaton Wheeling Pike just west of the Mississinewa River - Pittsburg lies on the south side of the pike [S2] - [S3] -

Other Names:
Pitts Burg:
Pitts Burgh:

Date Platted:

Town Plat Map - 1874 - [S5 p 17] -
- North-South Streets: West, Plum, Market, Walnut
- East-West Streets: Granville, Main, South

Maps:
1874: Town Plat Map [S5 p 17] - S7,
1876 Delaware County [S3] -

Post Office Data:

Postmasters:

"In Union Township near Eaton-Wheeling Pike, a plat was laid out for Pitts Burg. Despite the hard work of the planners, Pitts Burg never became a reality." [S4]

Sources

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Google Maps

1876 Delaware County Map - http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps790090-23110.html

Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-# Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Pittsburg, Union Township

From 1876 - Delaware County Map

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Newsletter Article: "Ghost Towns". DCHA Newsletter (Delaware County Historical Alliance, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), Vol. 1, No. 1, 19 Jan 2000.

Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642

"Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood", Richard A. Greene. Muncie Star, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana.

- 2 June 1952: http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/GrnRchOrNgh/id/6832/rec/6
- 24 Jan 1955: http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/GrnRchOrNgh/id/7493/rec/16
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Newsletter Article: "Pittsburgh" - Delaware County Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan-Feb 2015. Doc2583.pdf - Article -

Newsletter Article: "Ghost Towns". DCHA Newsletter (Delaware County Historical Alliance, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), Vol. 1, No. 1, 19 Jan 2000. - Doc2847.pdf

"Delaware County's Delinquent Taxpayers of 1842" - Delaware County, Genealogist and Historian, March 1995, page 13 - Doc2904.pdf

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Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/

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