Pinckneyville

Pinckneyville
City
Perry County Courthouse, downtown
Location of Pinckneyville in Perry County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 38°04′35″N 89°22′56″W / 38.07639°N 89.38222°W / 38.07639; -89.38222Coordinates: 38°04′35″N 89°22′56″W / 38.07639°N 89.38222°W / 38.07639; -89.38222
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Perry
Area
• Total	4.38 sq mi (11.34 km2)
• Land	4.10 sq mi (10.63 km2)
• Water	0.28 sq mi (0.71 km2)
Elevation	433 ft (132 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	5,648
• Estimate (2016)	5,404
• Density	1,317.09/sq mi (508.57/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC−6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC−5)
ZIP Code(s)	62274
Area code(s)	618
FIPS code	17-59884
Pinckneyville, Illinois
Website	http://www.ci.pinckneyville.il.us/

Pinckneyville is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,464 at the 2000 census. It is named for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, an early American diplomat and presidential candidate.

Pinckneyville is the location of the Pinckneyville Power Plant, a combustion turbine generator (CTG)-type power plant run by Ameren.

Pinckneyville is located on Illinois Route 13 about 60 miles (97 km) southeast of St. Louis.

According to the 2010 census, Pinckneyville has a total area of 4.315 square miles (11.18 km²), of which 4.04 square miles (10.46 km²) (or 93.63%) is land and 0.275 square miles (0.71 km²) (or 6.37%) is water.

As of the census of 2000, there were 5,464 people, 1,504 households, and 920 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,728.5 people per square mile (667.6/km²). There were 1,662 housing units at an average density of 525.8 per square mile (203.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 71.25% White, 24.36% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 3.77% from other races, and 0.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.47% of the population.

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