Welcome to Jiggs ...Jiggs is located in Elko County<1>. Jiggs was founded in 1879. The origin (or the toponymy) of Jiggs: Named after the Jiggs; one of the main characters in the 'Bringing Up Father' comic strip. Jiggs is 5,480 feet [1,670 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Jiggs is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Jiggs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Jiggs: 775 In the past, Jiggs was named Hylton. and Mound Valley (and there are additional past names). For more information about the names of Jiggs, see The Names of Jiggs on our Genealogy Page. Communities Also Named Jiggs ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Jiggs - it's located in South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Jiggs. Communities near Jiggs ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Jiggs.
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 Jiggs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jiggs. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Jiggs. 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 Jiggs. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Jiggs. See our Newspapers Page for Jiggs. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jiggs ...Looking for more information about Jiggs? 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 Jiggs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Jiggs. Adding Jiggs to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Jiggs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Jiggs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Jiggs. Footnotes ...
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