Pittsburg, Nebraska

Pittsburg is a ghost town in Seward County, Nebraska, United States.[1]

History

Pittsburg was founded in 1873 at a location once thought to be rich in valuable peat, but the town was soon abandoned.[2] The founder might have intended the name to be Peatsburg.[3] A post office spelled Pittsburgh operated between 1873 and 1875.[4]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pittsburg, Nebraska
  2. Cox, William Wallace (1888). History of Seward County, Nebraska: Together with a Chapter of Reminiscenses of the Early Settlement of Lancaster County. State Journal Company, Printers. p. 126.
  3. Waterman, John Henry (1920). General History of Seward County, Nebraska. p. 19.
  4. "Seward County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 August 2014.


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