THE PITTSBURG LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cherokee Plains setting.
Pittsburg city has 13.5 square miles of land in Crawford County. Its Census reference point is in Cherokee Plains, within Central Irregular Plains.
Irregular plains form a transition between northern agricultural country and more wooded uplands to the south and east. Grassland and forest historically mixed, with wider woodland belts beside streams.
Regional context: Central Irregular Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Pittsburg and Crawford County
Pittsburg is associated with Crawford County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Pittsburg by land and water
The Census records 0.1 square miles of water within Pittsburg, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.9% recorded for Crawford County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pittsburg city has 2.5 times the land area of nearby Frontenac city (5.32 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.