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Welcome to Piperton ...

The city of Piperton is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Piperton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Piperton has a population of 1,982 people<2> (see below for details).

Piperton is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Piperton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Piperton: 901

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Piperton had an population of 1,982 people. This is an increase of 37.16% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 236.5% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Piperton had a population of 1,445 people. This makes Piperton the county's 3rd most populous community.

The population of Piperton represents 0.02% of the population of Tennessee (which has 6,346,105 people), making it the state's 201st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,445 people, the population of Piperton increased 145.33% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 589 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Piperton.

Websites for Piperton ...

Official Website:   www.piperton.com/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.fayettecountychamber.com/

Communities near Piperton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Piperton.

  • Bartlett
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Olive Branch
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Germantown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lakeland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Arlington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Oakland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Oakland is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,669 people
  • Feathers Chapel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
  • New Bethel
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • New Bethel is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bethel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,324 people
  • Byhalia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Byhalia is located in Marshall County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byhalia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,213 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byhalia <4>
  • Moscow
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Piperton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Piperton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Piperton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Piperton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Piperton. See our Newspapers Page for Piperton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piperton ...

Looking for more information about Piperton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Piperton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Piperton.

Adding Piperton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Piperton in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Piperton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Piperton post office opened in 1888. The Piperton post office closed in 1898.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Piperton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Piperton.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piperton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/