- Owenyo, California
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Owenyo — Unincorporated community — Location in California Coordinates: 36°40′42″N 118°02′39″W / 36.67833°N 118.04417°WCoordinates: 36°40′42″N 118°02′39″W / 36.67833°N 118.04417°W Country United States State California County Inyo County Elevation[1] 3,697 ft (1,127 m) Owenyo (formerly, New Owenyo) is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.[1] It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad 5 miles (8 km) north of Lone Pine,[2] at an elevation of 3697 feet (1127 m).[1]
Owenyo's original townsite was half a mile (0.8 km) to the southeast on the Carson and Colorado Railroad.[2] The town, whose name is a portmanteau of Owens and Inyo, was originally started by Quaker colonists in 1900.[2] They sold out in 1905, when the Carson and Colorado Railroad arrived.[2] A post office operated at Owenyo from 1902 to 1905 and from 1916 to 1941.[2] The town moved to its present location in 1910, and for a while was known as New Owenyo on that account.[2]
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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
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:- Populated places in Inyo County, California
- Unincorporated communities in California
- Populated places in the Mojave Desert
- Populated places established in 1900
- Inyo County, California geography stubs
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