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".
