Jiggs is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, Elko County, Nevada, United States, in the Mound Valley (Nevada), Mound Valley at the south end of Nevada State Route 228, State Route 228. The community is part of the Elko, Nevada, Elko Elko micropolitan area, Micropolitan Statistical Area. Jiggs is located at the southwestern foothills of the extensive Ruby Mountains; the community is about south of Elko, Nevada, Elko.

History

The site was formerly a year-round camp for Native Americans gathering pine nuts. 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. The town was the headquarters for "King Fisher", a fictional character created by author Zane Grey. 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 Volkswagen Type 2 (T1), VW Bus.

Notable residents

* Lewis R. Bradley, 2nd List of governors of Nevada, Governor of Nevada * Edward P. Carville, 18th List of Governors of Nevada, Governor of Nevada * Waddie Mitchell, Cowboy poet

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Ruby Mountains Unincorporated communities in Elko County, Nevada Elko, Nevada micropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Nevada {{ElkoCountyNV-geo-stub