FOUR PITTSFIELDS IN NEW ENGLAND and ONE IN NEW YORK
William Pitt the Younger. Respected by many Colonists in what became the Thirteen American States. Pittsfield MA was named for him.
THE PITTSFIELDS IN MASSACHUSETTS and NEW HAMPSHIRE
I lived and worked in Pittsfield Ma 1984-2000, at St. Stephen's (Episcopal Parish). I also knew about the Pittsfield in New Hampshire which by happenstance also has an Episcopal Church dedicated to St. Stephen.
I discovered today that there is also the small town of Pittsfield in Vermont (no Church!)
Here's a bit about Pittsfield VT.
PITTSFIELD VERMONT Granted on November 8, 1780, the town was chartered on July 29, 1781, to Samuel Wilcox and 129 others. Pittsfield was named after Pittsfield, Massachusetts, which itself had been named in honor of William Pitt. It was first settled in 1786. The town proved suitable for grazing livestock because of its mountainous terrain.[4] Indeed, in the 19th century, humorists attributed the invention of the one-legged milking stool to Pittsfield, "...as a means of conquering a stern difficulty."[5]
Pittsfield was one of thirteen Vermont towns isolated by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011
More here
Not forgetting Pittsfield, Maine
My Pittsfield MA friend Bill T told me a bit about a Pittsfield in New York:
Pittsfield is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,366 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Pittsfield is on the west border of the county, northwest of the City of Oneonta.
The list goes on!
Pittsfield, Illinois
Pittsfield, Wisconsin
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