Jiggs, Nevada
| Jiggs | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
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  Jiggs Location within the state of Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 40°25′33″N 115°39′55″W / 40.42583°N 115.66528°WCoordinates: 40°25′33″N 115°39′55″W / 40.42583°N 115.66528°W | |
| 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, not surprisingly, is always bickering with his wife Maggie.[1][2]
Film History
- 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.
Notable residents
- Edward Carville, Nevada Governor[3]
- Bruce Douglas "Waddie" Mitchell, Cowboy Poet
Fictional Characters
Headquarters for "King Fisher" created by Zane Grey[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN 0-87417-094-X.
- ↑ Scriba, Jay (15 October 1970). "From Sleepy Eye to Chicken Bristle, USA". The Milwaukee Journal. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "Jiggs, Nevada". Howard Hickson. 2000. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
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