{"id":7098,"date":"2023-08-26T00:27:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T00:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=7098"},"modified":"2026-08-22T12:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T12:02:16","slug":"pittsburg-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/pittsburg-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburg County, Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburg County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, in the southeastern part of the state, on land that was once part of the Choctaw Nation. It had a population of 43,773 at the 2020 census and covers 1,378 square miles (3,570 km2) — 1,305 square miles (3,380 km2) of land and 72 square miles (190 km2) of water — centred near 34°56′N 95°45′W.<\/p>\n

McAlester is the county seat, and its postal code is 74501. The county has 4 cities, 10 incorporated towns, and a handful of unincorporated communities. Oklahoma counties do not use civil townships — the Choctaw Nation laid out its boundaries along rivers and ridgelines rather than a survey grid, so there is no township layer here. The county sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Pittsburg County<\/h2>\n

Fourteen places in Pittsburg County are incorporated as cities or towns; the rest are unincorporated communities, rural crossroads, or unincorporated place names carried over from older maps. “CDP” below marks a Census Designated Place with no city government; “Unincorp.” marks a community with no incorporated status at all.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
McAlester<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n74501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Krebs<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hartshorne<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haileyville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kiowa<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quinton<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canadian<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crowder<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indianola<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pittsburg<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alderson<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashland<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carlton Landing<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savanna<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blocker<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ti<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Several names carried on older maps of the county — Adamson, Arch, Arpelar, Bache, Blanco, Bond, Brewer, Cabaniss, Carbon, Centerville, Chambers, Counts, Craig, Dow, Featherston, Frink, Halley, Haywood, Longtown, Mekko, North McAlester, Reams, Richville, Russellville, Scipio, Star, Ulan, Ward Springs, and Weathers — are historic post office or coal-camp names rather than places with a current government or population count; several were company coal camps that emptied out after the mines closed in the mid-20th century.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n