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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
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and south of Yosemite National Park. As of 2000 the county had a population of 17,945. The county seat is Independence.
Mount Whitney, the highest
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peak in the lower 48 states, is located in Inyo County. Badwater, in Death Valley National Park and the lowest point in the United States, is also located in the county.
Inyo County was formed in 1866 from parts of Mono and Tulare Counties.
The county derived its name
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from the Native American name for the mountains in its area. The meaning of the word inyo is "dwelling place of the great spirit."
Inyo County was formed in 1866 from parts of Mono and Tulare Counties.
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 of the great spirit."
Inyo County is host to a number of natural superlatives. Among them are:
Mount Whitney, the highest point in the United States outside of Alaska
Badwater, in Death Valley, the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
Methuselah, an ancient Bristlecone pine and the oldest living thing on Earth
Owens Valley, the deepest valley on the American continents
Two mountain ranges exceeding 14,000 feet in elevation: The Sierra Nevada and the White Mountains
Fourteen of California's fifteen peaks which exceed 14,000 feet (a Fourteener) in elevation
The largest escarpment in the United States, rising from the floor of Death Valley to the top of Telescope Peak in the Panamint Range