Jiggs, Nevada

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

Jiggs, Nevada
Unincorporated community
Jiggs Location within the state of Nevada
Coordinates: 40°25′33″N 115°39′55″W
Country	United States
State	Nevada
County	Elko
Elevation [1]	5,486 ft (1,672 m)
Population  (2000)
• Total	2
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	845520[1]

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

• Lewis R. Bradley, 2nd Governor of Nevada^[6]
• Edward P. Carville, 18th Governor of Nevada^[7][6]
• Waddie Mitchell, Cowboy poet