Wiggins, Mississippi Wiggins, Mississippi Wiggins City Hall - January 2013 Wiggins City Hall Location of Wiggins, Mississippi Location of Wiggins, Mississippi Wiggins, Mississippi is positioned in the US Wiggins, Mississippi - Wiggins, Mississippi Wiggins is a town/city in Stone County, Mississippi, United States.
It is part of the Gulfport Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wiggins, MS company precinct and barns depot before the 1910 fire Wiggins is titled after Wiggins Hatten, the father of Madison Hatten, one of the area's initial homesteaders. It was incorporated in 1904, and the 1910 census reported 980 residents.
In the early 1900s, Wiggins prospered along with the booming timber industry.
Wiggins was once command posts of the Finkbine Lumber Company.
American Pickle and Canning Co., Wiggins, MS, about 1910 On January 21, 1910, between the hours of 11 am and 1 pm, more than half of the Wiggins company precinct was finished by fire. The fire started from unknown origin in the Hammock Building, a lodging home, and spread quickly because of strong winds from the northwest.
With no town/city fire department or waterworks, the inhabitants of Wiggins resorted to bucket brigades and dynamite to stop the fire, which was confined to the east side of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad.
The fire consumed 41 company establishments, including the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad depot.
Wiggins has long been known for its pickle production, and at one time boasted of being home to the world's biggest pickle refining facility. However, the pickle refining facility is now closed, and although the timber trade has declined since the boom years, it still sustains many businesses in Wiggins.
After the 1910 fire and until the 1960s, the center of commerce for Wiggins advanced on both sides of Pine Avenue, that sloped downhill and eastward, perpendicular to U.S.
Over the years, the shops were occupied by various businesses that encompassed drug stores, law offices, a grocery store, a shoe store, a dry cleaners, 5 & dime stores, auto supply store, barber shops, cafes, a movie theater, dry goods outlet, feed & seed outlet, an army surplus store, beauty salons, clothing stores, gift shops, County Library, and U.S.
In more recent years, the shops have served as real estate offices, CPA & tax preparer outlets, an antique store, journal office, ice cream shop, art & frame shop, food outlets, and stationery shop.
Route 49 bypassed the downtown area, and many businesses moved from Pine Hill to other locations inside Wiggins.
The old Wiggins High School and Elementary School buildings occupied a town/city block, situated at the base of Pine Hill.
In the 1980s, town/city and county company leaders saw a need for developing a sense of improve and tourism by initiating an annual Pine Hill Day, which later became Pine Hill Festival. During Pine Hill Day, region residents offered items for sale as arts & crafts, in farmers' markets, and as small-town cuisine.
View of Railroad Avenue, now First Street, Wiggins, Mississippi According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 11.3 square miles (29 km2), of which, 10.8 square miles (28 km2) of it is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) of it (4.53%) is water.
Highway 49, Mississippi Highway 26, Mississippi Highway 29 Railroad: Kansas City Southern Railroad As of the census of 2000, there were 3,849 citizens , 1,380 homeholds, and 1,000 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The City of Wiggins is served by the Stone County School District Wiggins Rotary Club Wiggins is part of Mississippi Gulf Coast Radio and Television Stations Market Area Broadcast tv along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including Gulfport and Biloxi Red Creek Wildlife Management Area (Mississippi) Wiggins Depot [dead link] "Wiggins, MS fire, Jan 1910 | Gen - Disasters ...
Green Gold: The story of the Wiggins pickle.
Record crowds fill Wiggins for festival.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Stone County Enterprise (Wiggins, MS), Vol.
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