Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma.

Official Website

The county was formed from part of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory in 1907. County leaders, thinking its coal production compared favorably with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, named the new county after the Pennsylvania city with the "h" removed.

Some important trails, including the Texas Road and one route of the California Trail passed through what is now Pittsburg County. In 1840, James Perry established a village called Perryville that became an important stop near the place where the two trails crossed. During the Civil War, Perryville served as an important supply depot for Confederate forces until the Union Army captured and burned the town. It became defunct after the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway (MK&T) bypassed it in 1872, and the remaining inhabitants moved to McAlester. The Butterfield Overland Mail route followed a route through this area.

Adjacent Counties

• McIntosh County
• Haskell County
• Latimer County
• Pushmataha County
• Hughes County
• Coal County
• Atoka County

Cities, Towns & Communities

Adamson | Alderson | Arpelar | Ashland | Bache | Blanco | Blocker | Bug Tussle | Canadian | Canadian Shores | Haileyville | Hartshorne | Haywood | Indianola | Kiowa | Krebs | Longtown | McAlester (County Seat) | Quinton | Savanna | Scipio | Ti

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Travel OK

Genealogy Trails

OK Gen Web

RAOGK

Forebears.io

Roots Web