Cinco, California

Cinco
—  Unincorporated community  —
Cinco Location in California
Coordinates: 35°15′48″N 118°02′10″W / 35.26333°N 118.03611°W / 35.26333; -118.03611Coordinates: 35°15′48″N 118°02′10″W / 35.26333°N 118.03611°W / 35.26333; -118.03611
Country	United States
State	California
County	Kern County
Elevation[1]	2,149 ft (655 m)

Cinco is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.^[1]

It is located on the southwestern edge of Fremont Valley 6 miles (9.7 km), east of and at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Mountains, south of Red Rock Canyon State Park (California).^[2] at an elevation of 2149 feet (655 m).^[1] It is southwest of Cantil, California and east of Cross Mountain.

Cinco was founded as a work camp in the early 1900s for workers on the Los Angeles Aqueduct (Owens Valley aqueduct).^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cinco, California
2. ^ ^{a b} Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 1017. ISBN 9781884995149.