Jiggs, Nevada

Jiggs, Nevada
Unincorporated community
Jiggs

Location within the state of Nevada

Coordinates: 40°25′33″N 115°39′55″W / 40.42583°N 115.66528°W / 40.42583; -115.66528Coordinates: 40°25′33″N 115°39′55″W / 40.42583°N 115.66528°W / 40.42583; -115.66528
Country United States
State Nevada
County Elko
Government
Population (2000)
 • Total 2
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)

Jiggs is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada (USA) at the south end of State Route 228. It contains a very small school.

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 south of Elko.

History

The site was formerly a year-round camp for native Americans gathering pine nuts.[1]

Name

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 is always bickering with his wife Maggie.[1][2]

Film History

Notable residents

Fictional Characters

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Scriba, Jay (15 October 1970). "From Sleepy Eye to Chicken Bristle, USA". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jiggs, Nevada". Howard Hickson. 2000. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  4. 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.


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