About this city
Piggott is a historic, deeply literary rural farming city positioned on the fertile western flats of Crowley's Ridge in the extreme northeastern corner of Arkansas. Established in the late 1900s, the town expanded as a crucial clay-manufacturing and cotton-ginning nexus along the St. Louis Southwestern Railway. Piggott earned profound international cultural fame as the longtime residence and writing retreat of legendary American novelist Ernest Hemingway during his marriage to Piggott native Pauline Pfeiffer.
Location & Administrative
County
Clay County
Time Zone
CST
State Code
AR
Transportation & Accessibility
Nearest Airports
MEM
Getting Around
Car RequiredWalkable
Weather & Timing
Best Months
MarAprMaySepOctNov
Average Temperature
Peak Season
Autumn
Off Season
Humid Season
Economics & Local Vibe
Population
City proper 3.6K
Sales Tax
10%
Key Industries
Literary Heritage TourismLarge-scale Soybean and Cotton Agriculture
Practical Tourism Metadata
Suggested stay: 1 day
Tour the preserved studio where 'A Farewell to Arms' was partially written at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, fish at Piggott City Lake, and explore downtown heritage architecture.
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