Pittsburg, Iowa (Van Buren County)
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Pittsburg is an unincorporated town
in Van Buren County, Iowa
, United States
. Named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
, it is located at 40.75639ºN and 91.99167ºW. Phil Stong
was born in Pittsburg on Jan 27, 1899.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Van Buren County, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
, it is located at 40.75639ºN and 91.99167ºW. Phil Stong
Phil Stong
Philip Duffield Stong was an American author, journalist and Hollywood scenarist. He is best known for writing the novel State Fair, on which three films and one musical by that name were based....
was born in Pittsburg on Jan 27, 1899.