- Coso (former settlement), California
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Coso — Former settlement — Location in California Coordinates: 36°10′40″N 117°38′45″W / 36.17778°N 117.64583°WCoordinates: 36°10′40″N 117°38′45″W / 36.17778°N 117.64583°W Country United States State California County Inyo County Coso (also, Granite Springs) was a settlement in Inyo County, California.[1] It is located in the Coso Range 4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of Coso Peak.[1]
Dr. Darwin French discovered gold at the site in 1860.[1] The place was named Granite Springs in 1860.[1] The name Coso comes from the Coso people, local Native Americans.[1]
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Municipalities and communities of Inyo County, California County seat: Independence 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
Unincorporated
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
Ghost towns Ashford Mill | Avena | Bend City | Bradford Siding | Burnt Wagons | Carthage | Cerro Gordo Landing | Chloride City | Chrysopolis | Clark | Copperfield | Coso | Echo | Elna | Furnace | Furnace Creek Inn | Greenwater | Grestley | Horton | Intake | Jay | Kasson | Kearsarge | Lane Mill | Leadfield | Lee | Lila C | Lone Pine Station | Lookout City | Manzanar | Narka | Newburyport | Nine Mile Station | Noonday Camp | Owensville | Panamint | Reilly | San Carlos | Schwaub | Skidoo | Skyes | Sodan | Stewarts | Sunland | Swansea | Tule Station | White Mountain City
Categories:- Former settlements in Inyo County, California
- History of the Mojave Desert region
- Ghost towns in California
- Former populated places in California
- Populated places established in 1860
- Inyo County, California geography stubs
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