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Pilot Knob, Missouri (view source)
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Pilot Knob is located along Missouri State Highway 21 in northeastern Iron County, about two miles northwest of [[Ironton, Missouri|Ironton]] and about four miles southwest of [[Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri|Iron Mountain Lake]]. Elephant Rocks State Park is just to the northwest of town. The city's exact coordinates are 37°37’25”N 90°38’37”W.
Pilot Knob is located along Missouri State Highway 21 in northeastern Iron County, about two miles northwest of [[Ironton, Missouri|Ironton]] and about four miles southwest of [[Iron Mountain Lake, Missouri|Iron Mountain Lake]]. Elephant Rocks State Park is just to the northwest of town. The city's exact coordinates are 37°37’25”N 90°38’37”W.
Pilot Knob lies within an arm of the scenic Arcadia Valley, and is ringed on most sides by prominent mountains: the mountain of Pilot Knob itself rises just to the east-southeast, with Cedar Mountain to the north and Shepherd Mountain to the south. All three have peaks of over 1,400 feet. Nearly all of the city itself rests on the valley floor in between. It has a total area of 0.89 square miles, and an average elevation of 961 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
Pilot Knob lies within an arm of the scenic Arcadia Valley, and is ringed on most sides by prominent mountains: the mountain of Pilot Knob itself rises just to the east-southeast, with Cedar Mountain to the north and Shepherd Mountain to the south. All three have peaks of over 1,400 feet. Nearly all of the city itself rests on the valley floor in between. It has a total area of 0.89 square miles, and an average elevation of 961 feet.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt</ref>
==Demographics==
At the 2010 census, Pilot Knob had a total of 746 inhabitants, grouped into 335 households, with a population density of 838.2 people per square mile. This figure was practically unchanged from the 2000 census, when Pilot Knob had a population of 697. 94.37% of the inhabitants were White, 1.34% were African-American, 1.47% were Native American, 0.40% were Asian, and 2.41% were from two or more races. Hispanics of any race were 1.61% of the population.
The median age in Pilot Knob was 39.9 years, with 24.1% of inhabitants under the age of 18, 8.4% between 18 and 24 years old, 22.7% between 25 and 44, 24.1% between 45 and 64, and 20.6% 65 years old or older. The sex ratio was 46.4% male, 53.6% female.<ref>http://www.usboundary.com/Areas/Place/Missouri/Pilot%20Knob%20city/175935</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Pilot Knob had a median household income of $31,154, and a median family income of $32,500. The unemployment rate was 20.4%. The per capita income was $18,919. About 25.8% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 32.1% of people under the age of 18 and 18.3% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2957656&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
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