Jiggs, Nevada

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Jiggs, Nevada
Unincorporated community
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Jiggs
Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 40°25′33″N115°39′55″W / 40.42583°N 115.66528°W / 40.42583; -115.66528
Country United States
State Nevada
County Elko
Elevation
[1]
5,486 ft (1,672 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total2
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID845520 [1]

Jiggs is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States, [1] in the Mound Valley at the south end of State Route 228.

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The community is part of the Elko Micropolitan Statistical Area. Jiggs is located at the southwestern foothills of the extensive Ruby Mountains; the community is about 30 miles (48 km) south of Elko.

History

The site was formerly a year-round camp for Native Americans gathering pine nuts. [2]

Prior names for the settlement had been Mound Valley, Skelton, and Hylton—unfortunately, all at the same time. Since no one could seem to agree on a name, postal authorities chose a new name from a list submitted by local ranchers for the new post office to be established December 18, 1918. One of the names was Jiggs, a character in the Bringing Up Father comic strip, who was always bickering with his wife Maggie. [2] [3] [4]

The town was the headquarters for "King Fisher", a fictional character created by author Zane Grey. [2]

The town was featured in a 1965 Volkswagen advertising campaign in which the entire population (5 adults, 4 children and a dog) was shown comfortably seated inside a VW Bus. [5]

Notable residents

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jiggs, Nevada
  2. 1 2 3 Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names: a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN   0-87417-094-X.
  3. ↑ Scriba, Jay (October 15, 1970). "From Sleepy Eye to Chicken Bristle, USA". The Milwaukee Journal . Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 25.
  5. ↑ "The Volkswagen Station Wagon holds the entire population of Jiggs, Nevada". Albuquerque Journal . April 15, 1965. p. 17. Retrieved March 19, 2023– via newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 Glionna, John M. (January 3, 2016). "Oddly named towns hark back to Nevada's colorful past". Las Vegas Review-Journal . Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Jiggs, Nevada". Howard Hickson. 2000. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2009.

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