Pitkin is a

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(CDP) in Vernon Parish,

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, United States. Pitkin is approximately southeast of Leesville, the parish seat, and approximately southwest of the city of

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. As of the 2010 census, the CDP's population was 576. Burl Cain, former warden of the

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at Angola and commissioner of the

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, was reared in Pitkin. His older brother, James David, a former member of both houses of the

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, was born in Pitkin in 1938.

History

In 1863, during the

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, Confederate soldiers built a military road from Niblett's Bluff to

that passed through the area. The Vernon Parish Tourism Commission placed an historical marker in 2009.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, of its 576 population who live in 230 households, their median age was 41.6, 541 are

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, 10 are

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, 3 are Asian, 2 are some other race, 1 is

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; 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.Sexual Predator Policy
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Vernon Parish Library. Retrieved on March 23, 2013.

References

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