Pitkin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States." 2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Pitkin CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on March 23, 2013.

Pitkin is approximately southeast of Leesville, the parish seat, and approximately southwest of the city of Alexandria. As of the 2020 census, Pitkin had a population of 455.

Burl Cain, former warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, was reared in Pitkin. His older brother, James David, a former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, was born in Pitkin in 1938. History 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.

American sociologist, historian, and author James W. Loewen, in his 2005 book Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism, identified Pitkin as having been a sundown town.

Demographics

Pitkin first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census. '

Racial and ethnic composition +Pitkin CDP, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2010Pop 2020% 2010% 2020White alone (NH)53339892.53%87.47%Black or African American alone (NH)140.17%0.88%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)19103.30%2.20%Asian alone (NH)300.52%0.00%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)000.00%0.00%Other race alone (NH)050.00%1.10%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)10221.74%4.84%Hispanic or Latino (any race)10161.74%3.52%Total576455 100.00%100.00%

2010 census 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)."Home." Pitkin High School. Retrieved on March 23, 2013. The Vernon Parish Library operates the Pitkin Branch Library."Sexual Predator Policy." (Archive) Vernon Parish Library. Retrieved on March 23, 2013.

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