History of Pittsburg, Kansas
Pittsburg is a town in Crawford County, Kansas|Crawford County, in the Ozark region of Southeast Kansas, 27 miles south of Fort Scott, Kansas, 96 miles west of Springfield, Missouri, and 137 miles northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the most populous city in Crawford County, and it is the most populous city in Southeast Kansas. The population was 19,243 at the 2000 census.
It was founded on May 20, 1876 and named after and in honor of the city Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Franklin Playter is credited with being the city's founder, establishing a government from its earlier incarnation as a coal mining camp in the 1870s.
Pittsburg is the home to Pittsburg State University. It is also home to two high schools, Pittsburg High School (Kansas) | Pittsburg High School and St. Mary's-Colgan High School.
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