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History · Pippa Passes

Pippa Passes dates to 1983

Most of Pippa Passes was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1915 on and the census since 1990.

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How Pippa Passes began

When was Pippa Passes founded?

1983

Pippa Passes dates its founding to 1983 (Wikidata). The census first counted it in 1990.

First census: 195 in 19902020 census: 46843 years
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What stands out about Pippa Passes’ past

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How Pippa Passes came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pippa Passes.

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This settlement was known as "Caney" or "Caney Creek" before 1916, when Alice Lloyd arrived from Boston, Massachusetts. She solicited funds for the construction of a local post office and the founding of Caney Creek Junior College, which were opened in 1917 and 1923, respectively.

Members of the Methodist church were active in what they called Home Missionary work in Pippa Passes around 1930. They performed a "missionary play" about the town in Princeton, New Jersey in 1930.

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On the map

Pippa Passes on the map in 1915

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pippa Passes.

Pippa Passes on the 1915 USGS map1915Hindman sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pippa Passes.

People over time

Pippa Passes, census by census

010020030040050020002020Peak: 533

Between 195 and 533 people in every census since 1990.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pippa Passes’ Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pippa Passes’ history

What year was Pippa Passes founded?

In 1983, according to Wikidata. the census of 1990 counted 195 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.