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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
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Maps: 1874: Town Plat Map [S5 p 17] - S7, 1876 Delaware County [S3] - |
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"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] |
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S1 | Google Maps | |||
S2 | 1876 Delaware County Map - http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps790090-23110.html | |||
S3 | 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 |
Ph9386-007.jpg |
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S4 | Newsletter Article: "Ghost Towns". DCHA Newsletter (Delaware County Historical Alliance, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), Vol. 1, No. 1, 19 Jan 2000. | |||
S5 | 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 | |||
S6 | "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 |
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S7 | Newsletter Article: "Pittsburgh" - Delaware County Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan-Feb 2015. Doc2583.pdf - Article - | |||
S8 | Newsletter Article: "Ghost Towns". DCHA Newsletter (Delaware County Historical Alliance, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), Vol. 1, No. 1, 19 Jan 2000. - Doc2847.pdf | |||
S9 | "Delaware County's Delinquent Taxpayers of 1842" - Delaware County, Genealogist and Historian, March 1995, page 13 - Doc2904.pdf | |||
S10 | Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware
County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press,
2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ |
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