Pittsburg, Kansas

== History == On October 23, 1864, a wagon train of refugees had come from Fort Smith, Arkansas, and was escorted by troops from the 6th Kansas Cavalry under the command of Col.

Pittsburg sprang up in the fall of 1876 on a railroad line being built through the neighborhood.

The city was incorporated in 1879.

The “New” was dropped upon incorporation of the city as a third class city on June 21, 1880, with M.

The post office's name was shortened from "New Pittsburgh" to "Pittsburgh" in 1881 and to "Pittsburg" in 1894.

In 1892 it was advanced to a city of the second class, in 1905 Pittsburg attained the rank of first class.

Pittsburg is the home to Pittsburg State University, founded in 1903 as a normal training institution.

Carnie Smith Stadium is a Classical Revival style stadium opened in 1924, and is Pittsburg State University’s home football field and outdoor track facility.

Memorial Auditorium opened in 1925, and features Egyptian Revival Style architecture.

The competition began in 1941 when Chicken Mary's opened across the street from Chicken Annie's (founded 1934).

In September 2007, Chevron which owned the company, merged it with its Molycorp Inc.

=== 2010 census === As of the census of 2010, there were 20,233 people, 8,142 households, and 4,087 families residing in the city.

A granite marker memorial for the "Cow Creek Skirmish" was placed near the Crawford County Historical Museum on October 30, 2011.

Summers are hot and humid, with as many as 73 mornings per year staying above 68 °F or 20 °C and eight mornings remaining above 77 °F or 25 °C – indeed in July 2012 the temperat...

The 2016-2020 5-year American Community Survey estimates show that the median household income was $34,353 (with a margin of error of +/- $3,233) and the median family income wa...

== Demographics == === 2020 census === The 2020 United States census counted 20,646 people, 8,268 households, and 4,123 families in Pittsburg.