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Piggott, Arkansas

Piggott 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.

Piggott is located in eastern Clay County on the eastern edge of Crowley's Ridge. U.S. Route 62 passes through the city, running west 25 miles (40 km) to Corning and northeast 45 miles (72 km) to Interstate 55 at New Madrid, Missouri. The northern terminus of U.S. Route 49 is in Piggott; the highway runs southwest 32 miles (51 km) to Paragould, and 516 miles (830 km) to Gulfport, Mississippi.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Piggott has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.6 km2), of which 5.2 square miles (13.5 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 1.01%, is water.

The topography of Piggott is mostly flat in the eastern half of the city with the more developed western half lying along Crowley’s Ridge, creating a sensation of coming down from a small mount to the flatland below. This ridge is a naturally occurring phenomenon created over millennia by wind-blown periglacial loess and possibly by seismic activity in the region.

As of the 2020 census, there were 3,622 people, 1,589 households, and 955 families residing in the city.

The median age was 42.0 years. 22.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 22.4% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 89.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

Of all households, 26.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. 42.0% were married-couple households, 17.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 33.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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