Pitkin, Louisiana Location in Vernon Parish and the state of Louisiana.

Location in Vernon Parish and the state of Louisiana.

State Louisiana Pitkin is a census-designated place in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. 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 populace was 576. James Ridgeway of Mother Jones said that the Pitkin region 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 homes of the Louisiana State Legislature, was born in Pitkinn in 1938.

According to the 2010 census, of its 576 populace who live in 230 homeholds, 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. The Vernon Parish School District serves Pitkin.

It operates Pitkin High School (PK-12). The Vernon Parish Library operates the Pitkin Branch Library. United States Enumeration Bureau.

"2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Pitkin CDP, LA." United States Enumeration Bureau.

Municipalities and communities of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States

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