Pinckney, Michigan
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Pinckney is a village in Putnam Township, Livingston County
Livingston County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 156,951 people, 55,384 households, and 43,531 families residing in the county. The population density was 276 people per square mile . There were 58,919 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...

 in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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 of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The population was 2,141 at the 2000 census.

Three miles west of Pinckney, on Patterson Lake Road, is the famous tourist destination of Hell, Michigan
Hell, Michigan
Hell, or Hiland Lake, is an unincorporated community in Putnam Township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community is near the border with Washtenaw County, about northwest of Ann Arbor. Hell is situated southwest of Pinckney via Patterson Lake Road...

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), of which, 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square mile (0.258998811 km²) of it (3.25%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 2,141 people, 731 households, and 573 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,436.8 per square mile (554.8/km²). There were 778 housing units at an average density of 522.1 per square mile (201.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.80% White, 0.14% African American.
There were 731 households out of which 48.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples
Marriage
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 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
Per capita income
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 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.

Cultural Life

Pinckney is the location of a number of festivals throughout the year, including an annual parade on Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick
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's day as well as Art in the Park and Hootin' in the Park village events.

Notable residents

  • Chris Sabin
    Chris Sabin
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     , Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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     wrestler
  • Robert Sabuda
    Robert Sabuda
    Robert James Sabuda is a leading children's pop-up book artist and paper engineer. His recent books, such as those describing the stories of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland, have been well-received and critically acclaimed.-Biography:Sabuda was born in Pinckney, Michigan...

    , children's pop-up book
    Pop-up book
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     artist and paper engineer
  • Glendon Swarthout
    Glendon Swarthout
    Glendon Fred Swarthout was an American writer.-Life:Glendon Swarthout was the only child of Fred and Lila Swarthout, a banker and a homemaker. Swarthout is a Dutch name from the area around Groningen, in the Netherlands, and his mother’s maiden name was Chubb, from English farmers of Yorkshire...

    , novelist and short story writer
  • Denny McLain
    Denny McLain
    Dennis Dale "Denny" McLain is a former American professional baseball player, and the last major league pitcher to win 30 or more games during a season —a feat accomplished by only thirteen players in the 20th century....

    , former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
  • Caroline Kirkland
    Caroline Kirkland
    Caroline Kirkland was an American writer.She was born into a middle class family in New York City, the oldest of eleven children. Her mother was a writer of fiction and poetry. Her father died when she was 21 and the family followed her to upstate New York where she taught and had met her future...

    , 19th century writer and founder of Pinckney
  • Erik Reichenbach, contestant on Survivor: Micronesia
    Survivor: Micronesia
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  • Brianna Amat, The Kicking Queen

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