Pinckney, Michigan | |
|---|---|
| Village of Pinckney | |
 Downtown Pinckney along Main Street (M-36) | |
 Location within Livingston County | |
  Pinckney Location within the state of Michigan | |
| Coordinates: 42°27′26″N 83°56′41″W / 42.45722°N 83.94472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Livingston |
| Township | Putnam |
| Settled | 1827 |
| Platted | 1837 |
| Incorporated | 1883 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • President | Linda Lavey |
| • Clerk | Andrea Piotrowski McCall |
| Area | |
• Village | 1.67 sq mi (4.33 km2) |
| • Land | 1.61 sq mi (4.18 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2) |
| Elevation | 902 ft (275 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Village | 2,415 |
| • Density | 1,497.21/sq mi (578.07/km2) |
| • Metro | 4,296,250 (Metro Detroit) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 48169 |
| Area code | 734 |
| FIPS code | 26-64140[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0634896[3] |
| Website | villageofpinckney |
Pinckney is a village in Putnam Township, Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,415 at the 2020 census.
Among the first American pioneers in the area around Pinckney were William Kirkland and his family, who moved from 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.[4]
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Romig, Walter (1986). Michigan Place Names: The History of the Founding and the Naming of More Than Five Thousand Past and Present Michigan Communities (Great Lakes Books ed.). Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. p. 442. ISBN 0-8143-1838-X.