- Owensville, California
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For communities or former communities with a similar name, see Owensville.
Owensville — Unincorporated community — Location in California Coordinates: 37°24′03″N 118°20′44″W / 37.40083°N 118.34556°WCoordinates: 37°24′03″N 118°20′44″W / 37.40083°N 118.34556°W Country United States State California County Inyo County Elevation 4,117 ft (1,255 m) Owensville (also, Glen Mary) is a former settlement in Inyo County, California.[1] It was located west of the future site of the modern-day town of Laws.[1] Owensville was started as a mining camp in 1863.[1] By 1871 it had been abandoned.[1]
A post office operated at Owensville from 1866 to 1870, when it was transferred to Bishop (then called Bishop Creek).[1] From 1868 to 1869, the town was called Glen Mary.[1]
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Municipalities and communities of Inyo County, California City CDPs Big Pine | Cartago | Darwin | Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek | Furnace Creek | Homewood Canyon | Independence | Keeler | Lone Pine | Mesa | Olancha | Pearsonville | Round Valley | Shoshone | Tecopa | Trona | Valley Wells | West Bishop | Wilkerson
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communitiesAberdeen | Alabama Hills | Alico | Alta Vista | Ashford Junction | Aspendell | Badwater | Ballarat | Bartlett | Beatty Junction | Beveridge | Blackrock | Brockmans Corner | Calvada Springs | Coso | Coso Junction | Crater | Death Valley Junction | Deep Springs | Dolomite | Dunmovin | Evelyn | Fish Springs | Grant | Haiwee | Harrisburg | Homewood Canyon-Valley Wells | Indian Village | Junction Ranch | Kearsarge | Keough Hot Springs | Laws | Linnie | Little Lake | Millspaugh | Mock | Monola | Oteys Sierra Village | Owenyo | Panamint Springs | Park Village | Peterson Mill | Poleta | Reward | Rocking K | Rovana | Ryan | Scheelite | Scranton | Seven Pines | Stovepipe Wells | Sykes | Talus | Teakettle Junction | Whitney Portal | Zurich
Indian
reservationsBig Pine Reservation | Lone Pine Reservation
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Categories:- Former settlements in Inyo County, California
- Former populated places in California
- Populated places established in 1863
- 1871 disestablishments
- Inyo County, California geography stubs
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