Pitkin, Louisiana
CDP in Louisiana, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pitkin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.[3]
Pitkin, Louisiana | |
|---|---|
 Location in Vernon Parish and the state of Louisiana. | |
| Coordinates: 30°56′11″N 92°56′11″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Vernon |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.24 sq mi (16.16 km2) |
| • Land | 6.23 sq mi (16.13 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 167 ft (51 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 455 |
| • Density | 73.05/sq mi (28.20/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 337 |
| GNIS feature ID | 555670[2] |
Pitkin is approximately 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Leesville, the parish seat, and approximately 45 miles (72 km) southwest of the city of Alexandria. As of the 2010 census, the CDP's population was 576.[4] James Ridgeway of Mother Jones said that the Pitkin area had 1,965 residents.
Burl Cain, former warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, was reared in Pitkin.[5] His older brother, James David, a former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, was born in Pitkin in 1938.
In 1863, during the Civil War, Confederate soldiers built a military road from Niblett's Bluff to Alexandria that passed through the area. The Vernon Parish Tourism Commission placed an historical marker in 2009.[6]
According to the 2010 census, of its 576 population who live in 230 households, their median age was 41.6, 541 are White, 10 are multiracial, 3 are Asian, 2 are some other race, 1 is African American; 10 have Latino ethnicity.[8]
The Vernon Parish School District serves Pitkin. It operates Pitkin High School (PK-12).[9] The Vernon Parish Library operates the Pitkin Branch Library.[10]
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