About Pittsburg

Pittsburg, California is located in Contra Costa County, which lays on the outer portion of the east bay region of San Francisco Bay. Pittsburg is home to many fine restaurants, shops, and other great attractions. The best ways to find the hottest attractions are by using the Pittsburg, CA business directory or by looking skimming the Pittsburg, CA yellow pages. The residents of Pittsburg have access to the Pittsburg/Bay Point Station, which serves all of the northern and eastern sections of Contra Costa County. The area code for Pittsburg, California is 925, while the current zip code for the city is 94565.Pittsburg was originally called the New York of the pacific, back in 1849. Jonathan Stevenson purchased the Rancho Los Medanos land grant, but the venture ended up being a complete failure. The land eventually was called Black Diamond, which was a mining firm. Black Diamond became a port for coaling. In 1911 the land's name was changed from Black Diamond to Pittsburgh.

The city is home to a little more than 56,000 residents. It is said that the name Pittsburg was chosen because residents wanted to honor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but they decided to drop the H. The first post office in the city opened up in 1868, and it was called Black Diamond. The post office changed it's name to the town's name in 1911. During the Korean war and World War II, Camp Stoneman, which is located in the area, was a major staging area for the United States Army.Since the late 1800s, the city has been a place of coal development and industrial development. Substantial plants owned by US Steel and POSCO, USS-POSCO, are located within Pittsburg. A Philippine specialty ice-cream brand is also manufactured in Pittsburg. Some of Pittsburg's top employers are Wal-mart, WinCo Foods, the ciity of Pittsburg, USS-POSCO industries, Ramar Foods, Angelica, Los Medanos college, Pittsburg unified school district, MI Pueblo foods, and Dow Chemical company. There are more than 4,000 employees in total that work for these companies in Pittsburg, California. These companies can all be found by looking through the Pittsburg, CA yellow pages.

Written by Lyndsey Morgan