Inyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and southeast of Yosemite National Park. As of 2000 the county had a population of 17,945. The county seat is Independence.
Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states, is located on Inyo County's western border (with Tulare County). Badwater in Death Valley National Park, the lowest point in North Americ...
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Inyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and southeast of Yosemite National Park. As of 2000 the county had a population of 17,945. The county seat is Independence.
Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states, is located on Inyo County's western border (with Tulare County). Badwater in Death Valley National Park, the lowest point in North America, is also located in the county. The two points are not visible from each other, but both can be observed from the Panamint Range on the west side of Death Valley.
Inyo County was formed in 1866 from the territory of the unorganized Coso County created in April 4, 1864 from parts of Mono and Tulare Counties. It aquired more territory from Mono County in 1870 and Kern County and San Bernardino County in 1872.
The county derived its name from the Native American name for the mountains in its area. The meaning of the word inyo is "dwelling place...
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