Wiggins

Stone County is a county in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Wiggins is the largest and only incorporated city in the county. Aside from its close ties with the timber industry, its early 20th century past is littered with the accounts of lynchings and mob rule, though now people are generally caught up in the Pine Hill Festival in late April each year.
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  • Type: Town with 4,270 residents
  • Description: city in Stone County, Mississippi, United States
  • Also known as: “Niles City”, “Wiggins, Mississippi”, “Wiggins, MS”, and “Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi”
  • Postal code: 39577

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stone County Courthouse and Flint Creek Water Park.

Courthouse
The was constructed in 1917-18 and serves as the seat of county government for . The courthouse was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1996.

Park
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
, located in Wiggins, Mississippi, is part of the Pat Harrison Waterway District, which is a Mississippi State Agency providing outdoor recreation and management of the Pascagoula River Basin. is situated 2 miles north of Wiggins.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bond and Perkinston.

Hamlet
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in northern , , United States. The community is situated approximately 3 miles north of Wiggins on U.S. Route 49, and is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. is situated 3 miles northwest of Wiggins.

Village
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Stone County is a county in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Wiggins is the largest and only incorporated city in the county. Aside from its close ties with the timber industry, its early 20th century past is littered with the accounts of lynchings and mob rule, though now people are generally caught up in the Pine Hill Festival in late April each year. is situated 5 miles south of Wiggins.

Wiggins

Latitude
30.85824° or 30° 51′ 30″ north
Longitude
-89.13533° or 89° 8′ 7″ west
Population
4,270
Elevation
262 feet (80 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US GGI
Open location code
862GVV57+7V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153368642
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4451140
Wiki­data ID
Q2273139
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wiggins” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويغينز (مسيسيبي)”
  • Arabic: “ويغينز”
  • Basque: “Wiggins”
  • Catalan: “Wiggins”
  • Cebuano: “Wiggins”
  • Chechen: “Виггинс”
  • Chinese: “Wiggins”
  • Chinese: “威金斯”
  • Danish: “Wiggins”
  • Dutch: “Wiggins”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويجينز”
  • French: “Wiggins”
  • Gilaki: “ویگینز (ميسيسيپي)”
  • Gilaki: “ویگینز”
  • Haitian: “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Haitian: “Wiggins”
  • Hungarian: “Wiggins”
  • Ido: “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Ido: “Wiggins”
  • Irish: “Wiggins”
  • Italian: “Wiggins”
  • Kazakh: “Виггингс”
  • Kirghiz: “Виггингс”
  • Ladin: “Wiggins”
  • Malagasy: “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Malagasy: “Wiggins”
  • Mazanderani: “ویگینس (می‌سی‌سی‌پی)”
  • Mazanderani: “ویگینس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wiggins”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wiggins”
  • Norwegian: “Wiggins”
  • Persian: “ویگینس، میسیسیپی”
  • Persian: “ویگینس”
  • Polish: “Wiggins”
  • Portuguese: “Wiggins”
  • Russian: “Виггинс”
  • Serbian: “Вигинс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wiggins”
  • Slovenian: “Wiggins”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویقینس، میسیسیپی”
  • Spanish: “Wiggins (Misisipi)”
  • Spanish: “Wiggins”
  • Swedish: “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Swedish: “Wiggins”
  • Tatar: “Виггинс”
  • Ukrainian: “Віггінс”
  • Urdu: “ویگینز، مسیسپی”
  • Urdu: “ویگینز”
  • Uzbek: “Wiggins”
  • Uzbek: “Wиггинс”
  • Vietnamese: “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Vietnamese: “Wiggins”
  • Volapük: “Wiggins”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wiggins”
  • Welsh: “Wiggins, Mississippi”
  • Welsh: “Wiggins”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blaylock Park and Stone County Library.

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