A history of Piggott,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Piggott from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusPiggott is a city in Clay County, Arkansas, United States. It is one of the two county seats of Clay County, along with Corning. It is the northern terminus of the Arkansas segment of the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, a National Scenic Byway. As of the 2020 census, Piggott had a population of 3,622. The town was named after James A. Piggott, one of the early settlers and initiator of the local post office.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,849 to 3,622 (-6%). Half of its homes were built before 1969.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Piggott yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Piggott’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAdvertising. Piggott, Arkansas, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Piggott
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1980s
6 historic places in Piggott
Piggott has 6 listings on the National Register, and they protect 46 historic buildings, because Piggott Commercial Historic District alone counts 41.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Advertising. Piggott, Arkansas (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6), the Library of Congress (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.