{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Pittsburg, Oregon |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =
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<!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 97064 |area_codes = 503 and 971 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 1125453<ref name="gnis" /> |website = |footnotes = }} '''Pittsburg''' is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. Pittsburg is located on the Nehalem River near its confluence with the East Fork Nehalem River. The Scappoose-Vernonia road and the St. Helens-Pittsburg road join Oregon Route 47 near Pittsburg.<ref>[http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/gis/docs/countymaps/colu1.pdf Oregon Transportation Map: Columbia County]</ref> Pittsburg's elevation is {{convert|584|ft|m}}.<ref name="gnis">{{GNIS|1125453|name=Pittsburg}}</ref>
Pittsburg was named by early area resident Peter Brous, who settled there in 1879 and built a sawmill and a gristmill.<ref name=OGN>{{cite book |last= McArthur |first= Lewis A. |author-link= Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur |title= Oregon Geographic Names |orig-year= 1928 |edition= 7th |year= 2003 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press |location= Portland, Oregon |isbn= 0-87595-277-1 |pages=767–768 }}</ref> Brous named the community for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, having formerly lived in that state.<ref name=OGN/> The Oregon post office was established with the name "Pittsburgh" on April 17, 1879, with Brous as the postmaster.<ref name=OGN/> The name was changed to "Pittsburg" in 1892 and the post office was discontinued in 1908.<ref name=OGN/>
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==External links== *[http://www.vannattabros.com/geo17.html Pittsburg, Oregon history from VanNatta Forestry]
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Columbia County, Oregon Category:1879 establishments in Oregon Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1879 Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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