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The population of Pittsburg is approximately 59,900 (2001).
The amount of land area in Pittsburg is 28.156 sq. kilometers. Pittsburg miscellany. Return to Index Pittsburg location: on the Sacramento River near the San Joaquin River in the central California Delta area. Nearby communities include Antioch, Collinsville, Oakley and Concord
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History & History Related Items Pittsburg history: In 1839, the Mexican government granted almost 10,000 acres to Jose Antone Mesa and Miguel Jose Garcia. Pittsburg was part of a big land purchase in 1849. It was soon named New York of the Pacific. It is not known for sure, but the man who laid out the town, J.D. Stevenson, was a native of New York, and probably named it for his home town. It soon became known as New York Landing with much fishing and cannery operation. The name was changed again in 1903 when coal was discovered in the nearby hills. This time the name was Black Diamond. Finally, on February 11, 1911, after Columbia Geneva Steel opened, it was named Pittsburg, after the famous steel mill in the Pennsylvania town. Many of Pittsburg's residents have Italian heritage. Pittsburg attractions: California Delta Chambers Home of the Pittsburg Seafood Festival Return to Index
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