Pitkin, Louisiana
Pitkin, Louisiana | |
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Location in Vernon Parish and the state of Louisiana. | |
| Coordinates: 30°56′04″N 92°55′36″W / 30.93444°N 92.92667°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 | 161 ft (49 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 | 2586699 |
Pitkin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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.
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.