Jiggs is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Elko County
Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County.
Elko County is the fourth ...
,
Nevada
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, United States,
in the
Mound Valley 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 Ruby Mountains are a mountain range, primarily located within Elko County with a small extension into White Pine County, in Nevada, United States. Most of the range is included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The range reache ...
; the community is about 30 miles south of
Elko.
History
The site was formerly a year-round camp for Native Americans gathering pine nuts.
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
''Bringing Up Father'' is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000.
The strip was later titled ''Jiggs and Maggie'' (or ''M ...
" comic strip, who was always bickering with his wife Maggie.
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Film history
* The town was featured in a 1965 Volkswagen
Volkswagen (),English: , . abbreviated as VW (), is a German Automotive industry, motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party and revived into a ...
advertising campaign in which the entire population (5 adults, 4 children and a dog) was shown comfortably seated inside a VW Bus Volkswagen Bus or Volkswagen Van is a type of vehicle produced by Volkswagen/Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
There have been a number of notable versions of it produced.
Volkswagen Bus light commercial vehicles
Six generations of Volkswagen Transp ...
.
Notable residents
* Edward Carville, 18th Governor of NevadaLewis R. Bradley
Lewis Rice "Broadhorns" Bradley (February 18, 1805 – March 21, 1879) was an American politician. He was the second Governor of Nevada in the United States from 1871 to 1879. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Biography
Bradley was born ...
, Second Governor of Nevada
Fictional characters
* Headquarters for "King Fisher" created by Zane Grey
Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontie ...
References
External links
Ruby Mountains
Unincorporated communities in Elko County, Nevada
Elko, Nevada micropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Nevada
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