Pittsfield (Illinois)
Pike County
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Pittsfield is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Pike County in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, Pittsfield had 4576 inhabitants.
Geography
Pittsfield is located approximately 15 km west of the Illinois River in the Newburg and the Pittsfield Township in western Illinois. The geographical coordinates are 39 ° 36'35 " north latitude and 90 ° 48'30 " west longitude. The city covers more than 13 square kilometers, spread over 12 km ² land and 1 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Pittsfield are Griggsville (14,3 km northeast), Detroit ( 11.5 km to the east), Time (12,2 km southeast), Nebo (20,5 km south), Pleasant Hill ( 22.8 km SSW ), Summerhill (14,3 km southwest), El Dara (17,2 km to the west ) and New Salem ( 13.8 km NNW ).
The nearest large towns are the Quad Cities (239 km north ), Peoria (190 km northeast), Illinois ' capital Springfield (110 km east), St. Louis, Missouri (163 km south-southeast ) and Missouri's capital Jefferson City (198 km south-west ).
Traffic
In the city of Pettsfield take U.S. Highway 54 and Illinois State Route 106 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport is located in the northeast of the city, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport (144 km south).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Pittsfield 4576 people in 1820 households. The population density was 381.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1820 households lived statistically 2.2 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 93.6 percent white, 5.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.2 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
19.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.2 percent were 65 years or older. 48.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 38,864. The per capita income was $ 19,615. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) - 16th President of the United States - visited Pittsfield 1839-1852: 34 times
- Ryan Carnes ( b. 1982 ) - Actor - Born in Pittsfield
- Charles Russell Davis (1849-1930) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born in Pittsfield
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (1853-1928) - 28th Governor of Michigan - worked as a teacher and head of the School Board of Pittsfield
- Russell W. Keeney (1897-1958) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born in Pittsfield
- Sid Simpson (1894-1958) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - died in Pittsfield
- Scott Wike (1834-1901) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - practiced law in Pittsfield
- William E. Williams (1857-1921) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - practiced law in Pittsfield, where he died