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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 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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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

 

From 1876 - Delaware County Map


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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 BookMap 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
-  24 Jan 1955:  http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/GrnRchOrNgh/id/7493/rec/16

 
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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