Riggs (Sheridan County, NE) - Tidbits, Odds-and-Ends

Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Riggs, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Riggs and the surrounding area.

Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sheridan County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- eBird sighting report for Sheridan County

Communities Also Named Riggs ...

We found ten communities that share the name Riggs.

Within Nebraska, the name Riggs is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Craighead County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Riggs [Craighead County].
- California
  - San Bernardino County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Riggs [San Bernardino County].
- Iowa
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Riggs [Clinton County].
- Kentucky
  - Greenup County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Riggs [Greenup County].
- Missouri
  - Boone County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Riggs [Boone County].
- Ohio
  - Ashtabula County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Riggs [Ashtabula County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Bradford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riggs [Bradford County].
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Riggs [Greene County].
- Tennessee
  - Williamson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Riggs [Williamson County].
- Virginia
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Riggs [Scott County].

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Nebraska: www.nebraska.gov/

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Riggs could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.