Profile
of
Pike
County, Illinois
INFORMATION
COMPILED BY: PIKE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
JANUARY,
1999
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION:
Pike County is
strategically located in West-Central Illinois,
nestled between
the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers.
Distance to: St.
Louis - 95 miles; Springfield - 72 miles;
Chicago - 275
miles; Kansas City - 225 miles.
Pike County is
fifth in size of the 102 counties in Illinois.
TRANSPORTATION:
Served by Interstate
72, U.S. 54 and 36,
State highways
57, 96, 100, 104, 106 and 107.
Interstate 72
passes through Pike County leading to Quincy, Illinois
and Hannibal, Missouri to the west and Springfield,
Illinois to the east.
Pittsfield Municipal
Airport has a 3,300 foot concrete, lighted runway.
Services: Charter,
Fuel, Maintenance, and Storage.
It is considered
one of Americas safest facilities.
Quincy Municipal
Airport : Commercial Service.
Four interstate
and intrastate Carriers service the Pike County
area.
Rail service is
provided by: Gateway Western Railway at Pearl;
Norfolk and Southern
Railway Co. at Valley City.
Several river
terminals line the 65 miles of river bordering Pike
County.
MAJOR INDUSTRIES:
Callender Construction
and Quarry, Pittsfield crushed rock
Dyno/Nobel Inc.,
Pittsfield/Manufacture and sale of explosives
Frankden Orchard,
Barry/fruit
Jones Poultry,
Barry/distribution-poultry, fish, and Armor products
International
Ingredients. Corp., Griggsville/
Cargill Inc.,
Florence/grain
Tate Cheese, Valley
City/distribution cheese
Nature House Inc.,
Griggsville/bird houses and equipment
United Feeds,
Griggsville/livestock feed
Webel Feeds Co.,
Pittsfield/livestock feed
Central Stone,
Rock Quary
ADM Corp., Grain
Elevator
Bunge Corp, Grain
Elevator
Con Agri/UAP Richter,
Farm Chemical Company
GENERAL:
Hospital - Illini
Community Hospital
Banks - 11 with
total assets in excess of $380 million
Savings and Loans
- 1 with total corporate assets over $1 billion
Newspapers - Pike
County Express, The Pike Press, The Paper, and the
Pleasant Hill Messenger, all weekly; Louisiana Press
Journal, twice weekly; Jacksonville Journal Courier,
Quincy Herald-Whig, Springfield State Journal Register,
St. Louis Post Dispatch, all daily.
Radio - WBBA -
AM/FM, Pittsfield; WQCY - FM, WGEM - AM/FM,WTAD
- AM, Quincy; WJIL - AM/FM. WLDS - AM, Jacksonville;
KGRC - AM?FM, Hannibal, MO; WYMG - FM, KPCR - AM/FM,
Bowling Green, MO.; KJFM - FM, Louisiana, MO.
Television - WGEM,
CGEM, KHQA, WTJR, -Quincy; KMOX, KSD, KTVI, -St.
Louis, MO.;
Motels - Four
Bed & Breakfast
- Five
Housing - Complete
range in both size and price. Attractive sites with
beautiful trees, paved streets, zoning. Modest to
luxury, rentals at reasonable prices.
CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS
Sixty-six churches
of various denominations.
Eight elementary
schools, four high schools with a total enrollment
of 3,027 and a teacher ratio of 1:12.11.
John Wood Community
College: Structured as well as Open Learning Center
in Pittsfield. Very interested in local economic
development and support of technology in new business.
Provides more than just classroom services. Will
train for new expanding business
Other colleges
within 75 mile radius: Quincy University, Quincy:
Illinois College and MacMurray College, Jacksonville:
Culver Stockton College Canton, MO.
POPULATION:
1990 census: 17,554
Barry - 1,391;
Griggsville - 1,218;
Pittsfield - 4,231;
Pleasant Hill - 1,030
Climate Temperature
- normal average - 30F. winter; 80F. summer. Average
annual rainfall - 38"; snowfall - 18".
