Country United States Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) Elevation 51 m Population 576 (2010) Area code 337 | State Louisiana GNIS feature ID 555670 Parish Vernon Parish, Louisiana Local time Monday 5:32 PM | |
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Weather 29°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 44% Humidity Area 16.16 km² (16.13 km² Land / 3 ha Water) | ||
Pitkin is a census-designated place in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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Map of Pitkin, LA 70656, USA
Pitkin is about 90 miles (140 km) due west of the Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP, also known as Angola) in West Feliciana Parish. As of the 2010 census, the CDP's population was 576. James Ridgeway of Mother Jones said that the Pitkin area had 1,965 residents.
Burl Cain, the warden of LSP, was reared in Pitkin. His older brother, James David Cain, a former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, was born in Pitkinn in 1938.
Demographics
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.
Education
The Vernon Parish School District serves Pitkin. It operates Pitkin High School (PK-12). The Vernon Parish Library operates the Pitkin Branch Library.