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Welcome to Riggins ...

Riggins is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Riggins, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Riggins is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Riggins lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Riggins: 662 & 471<3>

Communities Also Named Riggins ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Riggins - they are located in Idaho, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Riggins.

Communities near Riggins ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Riggins.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Riggins. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Riggins.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Riggins. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Riggins.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Riggins. See our Newspapers Page for Riggins.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Riggins ...

Looking for more information about Riggins? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Riggins, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Riggins.

Adding Riggins to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Riggins in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Riggins was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Riggins post office opened in 1886. The Riggins post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Riggins.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Riggins - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 662 code has been Overlayed with the 471 area code. New phone numbers in the Riggins area will be assigned with one of these codes: 662 or 471. As a result, placing a call in the Riggins area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/