Editing Pinckney, Michigan

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Pinckney, Michigan
|official_name            = Village of Pinckney
|settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
|image_skyline            = Downtown_Pinckney_Michigan_Main_Street.JPG
|imagesize                = 275
|image_caption            = Downtown Pinckney along Main Street ([[M-36 (Michigan highway)|M-36]])
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               =

|pushpin_map            = Michigan
|pushpin_label_position = left<!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none -->
|pushpin_label          = Pinckney
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location within the state of Michigan
|pushpin_mapsize        = 
|image_map                = Pinckney, MI location.png
|mapsize                  = 250
|map_caption              = Location within [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]]

|coordinates              = {{coord|42|27|26|N|83|56|41|W|region:US-MI|display=title,inline}}
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Michigan]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[Civil township|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Putnam Township, Michigan|Putnam]]

|established_title        = Settled
|established_date         = 1827
|established_title1       = [[Plat]]ted
|established_date1        = 1837
|established_title2       = Incorporated
|established_date2        = 1883

|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = [[Town council|Village council]]
|leader_title             = President
|leader_name              = Linda Lavey
|leader_title1            = [[Municipal clerk|Clerk]]
|leader_name1             = Andrea Piotrowski McCall

|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_26.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_km2           = 4.33
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.67
|area_land_km2            = 4.18
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.61
|area_water_km2           = 0.15
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.06

<!-- Population -->
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 275
|elevation_ft             = 902
|population_total         = 2415
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_density_km2   = 578.07
|population_density_sq_mi = 1497.21
|population_metro         = 4296250 ([[Metro Detroit]])

<!-- General information -->
|population_est           = 
|pop_est_as_of            = 
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
|postal_code              = 48169
|area_code                = [[Area code 734|734]]
|website                  = {{URL|villageofpinckney.org}}
|footnotes                = 
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
|timezone_DST             = EDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 26-64140<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0634896<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|unit_pref = Imperial
}}
'''Pinckney''' is a [[Administrative divisions of Michigan#Villages|village]] in [[Putnam Township, Michigan|Putnam Township]], [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]]. The population was 2,415 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

Among the first [[American pioneer]]s in the area around Pinckney were William Kirkland and his family, who moved from [[New York (state)|New York]] in the late 1820s. Kirkland named the community after his brother, Charles Pinckney Kirkland. Platted in 1837, Pinckney was incorporated as a village in 1883.<ref>{{cite book| last=Romig| first=Walter| title=Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FPXEGRo-YC&q=Kirkland+named+the+community+after+his+brother%2C+Charles+Pinckney+Kirkland%2C&pg=PA442| page=442| publisher=Wayne State University Press| location=Detroit, Michigan| date=1986| edition=Great Lakes Books| isbn=0-8143-1838-X}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|1.66|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.60|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 244
|1870= 446
|1880= 427
|1890= 449
|1900= 500
|1910= 477
|1920= 384
|1930= 433
|1940= 456
|1950= 695
|1960= 732
|1970= 921
|1980= 1390
|1990= 1603
|2000= 2141
|2010= 2427
|2020= 2415
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,427 people, 869 households, and 648 families living in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1516.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 927 housing units at an average density of {{convert|579.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 869 households, of which 45.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.4% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.25.

The median age in the village was 34.1 years. 31.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 7.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,141 people, 731 households, and 573 families living in the village.  The population density was {{convert|1,436.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 778 housing units at an average density of {{convert|522.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the village was 97.80% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.14% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]].

[[Image:Pinckney Village Hall.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Pinckney Village Hall, S. Howell St.]]
There were 731 households, out of which 48.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 16.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.28.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 32.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 36.0% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.6 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $58,077, and the median income for a family was $60,776. Males had a median income of $45,125 versus $27,198 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $20,429.  About 4.4% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.8% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Pinckney is home to [[Pinckney Community Schools]], which consists of [[Pinckney High School]], Pathfinder School, Navigator Upper Elementary, Country Elementary, & Farley Hill Elementary. Lakeland Elementary, Pinckney Elementary and Hamburg Elementary have been closed due to the decrease of residents in the area.  Also home to a Montessori Charter school called Light of the World Academy, and St. Marys Catholic School.

==Cultural life and recreation==
[[File:StPatsParade.jpg|right|thumb|St. Patrick's Day Parade in Pinckney, Michigan]]
Pinckney hosts annual parades on [[Saint Patrick's Day in the United States|Saint Patrick's Day]] and [[Memorial Day]]. Pinckney Community Schools student musicians join with the [[Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra]] for an annual Side-by-Side concert at the high school. Nearby the village (to the west) is the [[Pinckney State Recreation Area]], and also the popular tourist destination of [[Hell, Michigan]].  [[Lakelands Trail State Park]] passes through Pinckney.

==Notable people==
* [[Ron Jeffries]], Computer Scientist, co-inventor of [[Extreme Programming]], and co-creator of the [[Agile Manifesto]]
* [[Caroline Kirkland]], 19th century writer and wife of village founder William Kirkland
* [[Denny McLain]], former pitcher for the [[Detroit Tigers]]
* [[Chris Sabin]], professional wrestler
* [[Robert Sabuda]], children's pop-up book artist and paper engineer
* [[Zach Sieler]], defensive end for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Glendon Swarthout]], novelist and short story writer
* [[Jake Vedder]], Snowboarder for [[2022 Winter Olympics]] [[Snowboard Cross]] team
* [[Ryan Donovan]], professional ice hockey player.
* [[Dominik Shine]], professional ice hockey player.
* [[Erik Reichenbach]], comic illustrator and graphic designer who appeared on Survivor

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.villageofpinckney.org Pinckney website]
*[http://www.pinckneyschools.org/ Pinckney Community Schools web page]

{{Livingston County, Michigan}}{{Adjacent communities|North-west=[[Fowlerville, Michigan]]|North=[[Howell, Michigan]]|North-east=[[Brighton, Michigan]]|WEST=[[Stockbridge, Michigan]]|Center=Pinckney, Michigan|EAST=[[Whitmore Lake, Michigan]]|South-west=[[Chelsea, Michigan]]|South=[[Dexter, Michigan]]|South-east=[[Ann Arbor, Michigan]]}}

{{authority control}}

[[Category:Villages in Livingston County, Michigan]]
[[Category:Villages in Michigan]]