Pippa Passes, Kentucky
Location of Pippa Passes, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°20′5″N 82°52′32″W / 37.33472, -82.87556
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Knott
Area
- Total	0.5 sq mi (1.4 km²)
- Land	0.5 sq mi (1.4 km²)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	991 ft (302 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	297
- Density	557.3/sq mi (215.2/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	41844
Area code(s)	606
FIPS code	21-61374
GNIS feature ID	0500757

Pippa Passes is a city in Knott County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 297 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Pippa Passes is located at 37°20′5″N, 82°52′32″W (37.334629, -82.875490)^[1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 297 people, 48 households, and 30 families residing in the city. The population density was 557.3 people per square mile (216.4/km²). There were 50 housing units at an average density of 93.8/sq mi (36.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.31% White, 0.34% African American, 0.34% Native American, 1.68% Asian, and 0.34% from two or more races.

There were 48 households out of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together, 2.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.47.

The age distribution was 13.8% under the age of 18, 62.0% from 18 to 24 (primarily students at the city's Alice Lloyd College), 12.8% from 25 to 44, 8.8% from 45 to 64, and 2.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females there were 24.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 17.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $73,250. Males had a median income of $38,625 versus $25,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $10,780. About 3.1% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.6% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.

Origin of name

The name of the town is a reference to Robert Browning's verse drama, Pippa Passes, which contains the famous lines "God's in His heaven, all's right with the world." In Browning's drama, Pippa is a sweatshop worker who works every day of the year but three. On her rare days off, she goes cheerfully about the town singing her song, containing the lines quoted above. The name "Pippa Passes" is supposed to be emblematic of the influence of unconscious good on the world.

The town had no post office when Alice Lloyd, founder of Alice Lloyd College arrived in 1916. She solicited donations from the Browning Society to found the college and to build a post office. The Browning Society suggested "Pippa Passes" as an appropriate name for the post office. The town was earlier known as Caney Creek and is still called that by its inhabitants.

References

1. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

External links

• Pippa Passes, Kentucky is at coordinates 37°20′05″N 82°52′32″W / 37.334629, -82.87549 (Pippa Passes, Kentucky)Coordinates: 37°20′05″N 82°52′32″W / 37.334629, -82.87549 (Pippa Passes, Kentucky)

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