Piggott, Arkansas
| Piggott, Arkansas | |
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| City | |
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum
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 Location in Clay County and the state of Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: 36°23′2″N 90°11′34″W / 36.38389°N 90.19278°WCoordinates: 36°23′2″N 90°11′34″W / 36.38389°N 90.19278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arkansas |
| County | Clay |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.3 sq mi (13.6 km2) |
| • Land | 5.2 sq mi (13.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.04 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 302 ft (92 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 3,849 |
| • Density | 734.7/sq mi (286.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 72454 |
| Area code(s) | 870 |
| FIPS code | 05-55130 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0058365 |
| Website | www |
Piggott is a city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States, one of that county's two seats (Corning is the other). It is the northern terminus of the Arkansas segment of the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, a National Scenic Byway. As of the 2010 census, Piggott's population was 3,849. The town was founded by William N. Barron and named after his sister (Sarah Ann, wife of John Piggott).
Piggott is perhaps best known for its association with American writer and Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, whose second wife Pauline Pfeiffer was the daughter of prominent local landowner and businessman Paul Pfeiffer. After meeting and marrying in Paris in the late 1920s, Hemingway and Pauline made frequent and lengthy visits to her parents' home in Piggott, where Ernest Hemingway wrote portions of A Farewell to Arms, and other works. The Pfeiffer House and Carriage House are now preserved as the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, run by Arkansas State University.
The town was mentioned in the 1990s television sitcom Evening Shade, set in Arkansas. The high school football team coached by "Wood Newton" (played by Burt Reynolds) celebrated when it tied Piggott High in a game, which it almost always lost.
Piggott was also one of the filming sites for Andy Griffith's acting debut, A Face in the Crowd. The film, which also starred Patricia Neal, featured several Piggott citizens as extras. Scenes were also filmed in the northeast Arkansas town of Paragould. Several locations in Piggott are featured in the movie, including the Piggott Mohawk football field, the old Clay County jail, and a swimming pool at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer residence. Piggott was chosen when Toby Bruce, a friend of Ernest Hemingway. recommended the site to writer Budd Schulberg.
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