Piggott (Arkansas)
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 Hemingway Pfeiffer Museum |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1891 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Arkansas |
| County : | Clay County |
| Coordinates : | 36 ° 23 ′ N , 90 ° 11 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,849 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 277.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 14 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 13.86 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 92 m |
| Postal code : | 72454 |
| Area code : | +1 870 |
| FIPS : | 0555130 |
| GNIS ID : | 0058365 |
| Website : | www.cityofpiggott.org |
| Mayor : | Jim Poole |
Piggott is a city in Clay County in the US state of Arkansas with 3,849 inhabitants (as of 2010) and one of the two administrative headquarters of the county (next to Corning ). The city is on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge . It was founded in 1882. The name was chosen in honor of James A. Piggott, one of the first settlers and founder of the local post office .
geography
Piggott is located in east Clay County at 36 ° 23 ' N , 90 ° 11' W on the edge of Crowley's Ridge . The city is the northern end of the Arkansas portion of the Crowley's Ridge Parkway , a National Scenic Byway .
US Highway 62 runs through Piggott and connects it to Corning 40 km to the west and Interstate 55 to the north-east near New Madrid . Piggott is also the northern end of US Highway 49 ; this leads south over Paragould, 50 km away, for a total of 830 km to Gulfport .
According to the United States Census Bureau , Piggott has a total area of 14 km², of which 13.86 km² is land and 0.14 km² (1%) is water.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 597 | - | |
| 1910 | 1150 | 92.6% | |
| 1920 | 2016 | 75.3% | |
| 1930 | 1885 | -6.5% | |
| 1940 | 2034 | 7.9% | |
| 1950 | 2558 | 25.8% | |
| 1960 | 2776 | 8.5% | |
| 1970 | 3087 | 11.2% | |
| 1980 | 3762 | 21.9% | |
| 1990 | 3777 | 0.4% | |
| 2000 | 3894 | 3.1% | |
| 2010 | 3849 | -1.2% | |
| 2017 estimate | 3608 | -6.3% | |
The United States Census 2010 counted 3,849 residents, 1,695 households and 1,055 families in Piggott. The population density was thus 277.7 inhabitants / km². The number of residential units is given as 1,912, which corresponds to a density of 136.6 / km² with a vacancy rate of 13.3%. 99.0% of the respondents identified themselves as white , 0.7% as black , 0.6% as Native Americans and 0.2% as Asian (see Race (United States Census) , multiple answers possible). In addition, 1.6% said they had a Hispanic background.
Families lived in 62.2% of households, 25.4% of them with their own children. Of the families, 45.8% were married couples. The average household size was 2.2 people. People over 65 years of age lived in 36.5% of households.
21.7% of the population was less than 18 years old and 22.4% was older than 65 years. 47% of the population were women, 53% men.
The median income per household was estimated at 31,061 in 2017 dollars . 16.7% of households lived below the poverty line (28.4% of families with children under 18 years of age). The unemployment rate is given as 4.1%.
public perception
The city of Piggott is connected to the American author and Nobel Prize winner for literature Ernest Hemingway , whose second wife Pauline Pfeiffer was the daughter of the landowner and businessman Paul Pfeiffer who later lived there. Together with his wife, Hemingway visited their parents in Piggott several times, where he wrote parts of his novel In Another Land and other works. The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center , which is operated by Arkansas State University , is now located in the former property of the Pfeiffer family .
Pigott was also one of the filming locations for Andy Griffith's acting debut A Face in the Crowd (original title: A Face in the Crowd) from 1957. In addition to Patricia Neal , some residents Piggotts also worked as extras . Other scenes were filmed in the neighboring city of Paragould. The film features the Piggott Mohawks ' football field , the Clay County's former county jail and a swimming pool on the property of Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer. Piggott was chosen as the location after a friend of Ernest Hemingway's Toby Bruce recommended the location to screenwriter Budd Schulberg .
The city was also mentioned in an episode of the Arkansas sitcom Daddy Creates Us All (Original Title: Evening Shade , 1990-1994). In it, the high school football team headed by coach Wood Newton (played by Burt Reynolds ) celebrates a tie against the Piggott High School team, to which they had previously lost in almost every encounter.
education
The School District of Piggott ( Piggott School District ) includes the Piggott Elementary School ( pre-kindergarten class 6) and the Piggott High School (grades 7-12). In recent years, an average of around 1,000 students have attended schools in the district.
sons and daughters of the town
- Frances Greer, opera singer
- Pauline Pfeiffer, Ernest Hemingway's second wife
Web links
- Official website
- Article in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
- Website of the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center
- Information about the Crowley's Ridge Parkway
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010. 2010 Demographic Profile Data . In: American FactFinder . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 11, 2018.
- ↑ History on cityofpiggett.org, accessed on 11 December 2018th
- ↑ information about Piggott on arkansas.com, accessed on 11 December 2018th
- ↑ United States Census Bureau: Gazetteer 2018 , accessed December 11, 2018.
- ↑ SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS 2013–2017. American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates . In: American FactFinder . United States Census Bureau . Retrieved December 11, 2018.